Friday, June 10, 2011

WHO report: 1 billion people worldwide live with some form of disability & need access to health care, education, jobs

From WebMD Health News. Pictured is Etienne Krug of the UN's WHO.More than 1 billion people in the world are living with some form of disability, and governments everywhere need to beef up efforts to help them, according to a new report.The report by the World Health Organization and the World Bank says almost 20% of people with disabilities, an estimated 110 million to190 million people, face