National legal and policy frameworks should reflect the rights of persons with disabilities and be aligned with the CRPD principles

Adopt a multi-sectoral approach to formulate and implement policies and programmes for inclusive employment

Develop clear guidelines to mandate the implementation of policies that promote inclusive employment

Ensure adequate financial resources are available to support inclusive employment

Use established tools and strategies to monitor and evaluate the policy implementation

Invest in future research to inform evidence-based disability related policies

Use updated WHO guidance to strengthen and better integrate rehabilitation services into health systems

Build the capacity of an indigenous rehabilitation workforce to better meet population rehabilitation needs

Identify context-relevant approaches to tackle key barriers to accessing rehabilitation among people with disabilities in LMICs

Collect, strengthen and share evidence on what works to improve access to rehabilitation for people with disabilities

Disaggregate evidence on what works in health system strengthening by disability status

Produce more rigorous evidence on what works in strengthening disability-focused services

Integrate relevant CBR activities, and Rehabilitation Services into general health policy and sector strengthening activities

Involve people with disabilities in participatory governance of health systems at all levels

Engage directly with women and girls with disabilities and civil society

Prioritise interventions that empower women and girls with disabilities

Develop partnerships with research organisations to document what works

Take ownership for the removal of structural stigma that excludes women and girls with disabilities

Ministries of Education should be responsible for the education of all children and inclusive education reform

Raise community awareness of benefits for students without disabilities

Teachers in LMICs need to receive training in special needs education including the benefits inclusive education can bring to students without disabilities

More evidence is needed to understand what impact inclusive education can have on children without disabilities socially and academically in LMICs

Recomendación #1: Los diseñadores del programa deben realizar una revisión rápida de los desafíos relacionados con WASH (agua, saneamiento e higiene) que experimentan las personas con discapacidades y sus cuidadores durante el COVID-19.

Recomendación #2: La inclusión de la discapacidad debe ser una consideración clave al diseñar programas de respuesta al COVID-19, y las medidas de inclusión deben contar con todos los recursos necesarios.

Recomendación #3: Las personas con todo tipo de discapacidades deben participar en todas las etapas de programación sobre COVID-19, desde la planificación hasta la evaluación.

Recomendación #4: Se debe brindar asistencia a las personas con discapacidad y cuidadores para que puedan llevar a cabo las medidas preventivas y de protección del COVID-19.

Recomendación #5: Todas las instalaciones y servicios de WASH, y ejecución del programa COVID-19 deben diseñarse teniendo en cuenta la accesibilidad y la inclusión.

Recomendación #6: Es necesario aplicar una perspectiva de género a las respuestas WASH COVID-19 para que sean inclusivas

Recomendación #7: Capacitar a los profesionales de WASH y trabajadores de la salud en WASH que incluya a las personas con discapacidad.

Recomendación #8: Aprender de otras epidemias y documentar las experiencias para informar a los programas y políticas para que incluyan la discapacidad.

Use the Washington Group Enhanced Short Set (WGES), supplemented by other tools as relevant

Dedicate sufficient resources to translation and training

Follow guidance to analyse, disaggregate, interpret and present data

Where insufficient resources exist to embed the WGES, consider alternatives but invest in pilot testing first

Include assessment of impairments or health conditions depending on the research question and resource availability

Invest in further research to strengthen identification tools for people with disabilities

Recommendation #1: Improve data collection & registration for children with disabilities in humanitarian settings

Recommendation #2: Incorporate an inclusive & multi-faceted MHPSS approach to support a continuum of wellbeing

Recommendation #3: Actively encourage the contribution of children with disabilities towards disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction & child protection mechanisms

Recommendation #4: Improve coordination and planning to improve access to basic needs & safety

Recommendation #5: Strengthen education in emergency settings for children with disabilities to better cope and respond to crises

Programme designers should conduct a rapid review of WASH-related challenges

Disability-inclusion is a key consideration when designing COVID-19 WASH programmes

People with all types of disabilities must be engaged at all stages of COVID-19 programming

Assistance needs to be provided to people with disabilities and carers

All WASH facilities and services need to be designed with accessibility and inclusion in mind

Apply a gender lens to disability inclusive WASH COVID-19 responses

Train WASH practitioners and healthcare workers on disability inclusive WASH

Learn from and document experiences to inform disability inclusive programming and policies

Learn from prior research on barriers faced by people with disabilities in humanitarian camps, to inform an inclusive COVID-19 response

Ensure the continuity of basic and specialised services for people with disabilities in camps.

Women and children with disabilities need specific consideration during the COVID-19 response in camps.

Mainstream recommendations for the containment of COVID-19 in camps need to be adapted to be disability inclusive.

A targeted approach “targeted shielding”, could ensure that people with disabilities are specifically catered for in containment measures.