WHO works closely with ministries of health and relevant stakeholders, including persons with disabilities and their representative organizations, to fully integrate and promote disability inclusion in the health sector and advance health equity for persons with disabilities. We support countries in their work to ensure persons with disabilities:

• have equitable access to effective health services;
• are included in health emergencies preparedness and responses; and
• can access cross-sectoral public health interventions to achieve the highest attainable standard of health.

Building on from the WHO Global Report on Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities, WHO has developed the Health equity for persons with disabilities: Guide for action (or Disability inclusion guide for action). It provides technical guidance on the process that ministries of health should lead on to integrate disability inclusion into existing health systems governance, planning, and monitoring. The process is organized in a cycle of four overlapping and continuous phases:

1. Prepare for the Disability inclusion guide for action by identifying and engaging relevant stakeholders.
2. Assess the situation of disability inclusion in all of the strategic entry points across the health system, such as governance, financing, physical infrastructure, service delivery, or health information systems.
3. Design disability inclusive actions for the health sector, prioritizing areas and identifying available resources.
4. Implement and monitor disability inclusive actions in health sector policies, plans and programmes.