Disability-inclusive health systems & the quest for Viksit Bharat
Abstract
Disability-inclusive health systems & the quest for Viksit BharatThe World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 16 per cent of the global population has a significant disability 1 .Nearly 80 per cent of the world's 1.3 billion persons with disabilities live in low-and middle-income countries, and 15.6 per cent reside in the South-East Asia region 1 .This makes persons with disabilities the world's largest minority, yet among its most underserved. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Assisted Technology for manuscript preparation:The authors confirm that there was no use of AI-assisted technology for assisting in the writing of the manuscript and no images were manipulated using AI.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Disability Rights and Representation
South Asian Studies and Conflicts
Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
Publication details
- Journal / source
- The Indian Journal of Medical Research
- Publisher
- Scientific Scholar
- Volume
- 162
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 717–720
- Publication date
- 31 January 2026
- Language
- EN