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July 29, 2011 at 5:52pm
In June 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank released its much-anticipated World Report on Disability, estimating 1 billion children and adults with a wide range of disabilities worldwide. WHO characterizes this initiative as furthering the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD; May 2008), the human rights treaty to date signed by 147 countries and ratified by 90: 'People with disabilities have generally poorer health, lower education achievements, fewer economic opportunities and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities. This is largely due to the lack of services available to them and the many obstacles they face in their everyday lives. The report provides the best available evidence about what works to overcome barriers to health care, rehabilitation, education, employment, and support services, and to create the environments which will enable people with disabilities to flourish.' The Report offers a concrete set of recommended actions for governments and their partners that should enhance the efforts toward development of national disability plans, laws and regulations by the countries, Disability Peoples' Organizations, civil society agencies, and advocates striving to shift their cultures toward societal inclusion.
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May 10, 2010 at 9:00am
WASHINGTON, D.C. – State-of-the-art satellite communications solutions are to be applied globally to meet increasing need and demand for tele-health and telepractices solutions to address healthcare and education access disparities through a new partnership of GlobalPartnersUnited (GPU), a Bethesda, MD-based tele-health public-private alliance, and the Global VSAT Forum, the U.K.-based association of the satellite communications industry.
May 9, 2010 at 11:27pm
The Delegation of the European Union to the USA provided the backdrop on May 6, 2010 for the second in a series on advanced technologies to mitigate barriers to appropriate healthcare for nations and populations lacking qualified personnel, pharmaceuticals, adequate training institutions, and facilities to deliver services. The inspiration of Mateja de Leonni Stanonik, MD, PhD, Chair, Scientific and Organizing Committee, the series launched April 7, 2010 at the Embassy of Slovenia. Bridging the digital divide to establish networks of professionals and resources to strengthen healthcare systems was at the core of presentations provided by three leaders in healthcare technology applications and panelists participating in the discussion forum with audience members.
May 9, 2010 at 5:11pm
On Wednesday, May 7, 2010, Dr. Rajiv Shah, the newly appointed Administrator of the US Agency for International Development, outlined a strong vision for bringing the agency into a new leadership role in global development.
March 24, 2010 at 11:31am
Evelyn Cherow, GPU CEO, has been accepted to the newly compiled World Bank Roster of Experienced Professionals in the field of disability and development by the Disability & Development Team, Office of Social Protection & Labor, The World Bank.
March 24, 2010 at 10:36am
GPU was chosen to ‘pitch’ our social enterprise mission at the Unite For Sight Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale University on April 17-18, 2010.
March 7, 2010 at 8:24pm
GPU CEO, Evelyn Cherow received the American Public Health Association (APHA) Disability Section’s Certificate of Appreciation for collaborative efforts of the International Section with the Disability Section to improve the lives of people with disabilities worldwide.
February 2, 2012 at 1:41am
GlobalPartnersUnited was selected as a one of 359 pre-identified partners for potential future, discrete funding opportunities under the US State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs’ (NEA) Organizational Interest and Capacity Questionnaire program announcement.
GPU is eligible to receive an invitation(s) from NEA to submit full applications for funding under a discrete funding opportunity(s). This eligibility is valid for a four-year period until October 31, 2015.
GPU Senior Advisors
Ann Goerdt, PT, PhD
Tapan Banerjee, PhD
