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  1. Disability - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Dec 17, 2025 · Disability results from the interaction between individuals with a health condition, such as cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and depression, with personal and environmental factors including …

  2. Disability - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Mar 7, 2023 · WHO fact sheet on disability and health provides key facts and information on unmet needs for health care, secondary conditions, how lives of disabled people affected, barriers to health …

  3. Mental disorders - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Sep 30, 2025 · There are many different types of mental disorders. Mental disorders may also be referred to as mental health conditions. The latter is a broader term covering mental disorders, …

  4. Blindness and vision impairment

    3 days ago · WHO fact sheet on blindness and visual impairment providing key facts, definitions, causes, who is at risk, global and WHO response.

  5. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)

    The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, known more commonly as ICF, is a classification of health and health-related domains. As the functioning and disability of an individual …

  6. Assistive technology - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Jan 2, 2024 · WHO fact sheet on assistive technology. Assistive technology enables people to live healthy, productive, independent, and dignified lives, and to participate in education, the labour …

  7. Deafness and hearing loss - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Feb 26, 2025 · Deafness and hearing loss fact sheet from WHO: providing key facts and information on causes, impact, prevention, identification, management and WHO response.

  8. Injuries and violence - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Jun 19, 2024 · Injuries and violence are responsible for an estimated 10% of all years lived with disability. Injuries and violence place a massive burden on national economies, costing countries …

  9. World Report on Disability - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Jan 1, 2011 · This global estimate for disability is on the rise due to population ageing and the rapid spread of chronic diseases, as well as improvements in the methodologies used to measure …

  10. Migraine and other headache disorders - World Health Organization …

    Oct 24, 2025 · Types of headache disorders Migraines, tension-type headaches, cluster headaches and medication-overuse headaches are of public health importance since they are responsible for high …