Mélanie Gréaux
@MelG_SLT
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PhD student @Cambridge_Uni | Disability | Global Health @WHO consultant #SLT #communication #HumanRights 💬🌍⚖️
Cambridge, England
Joined July 2018
🌍 Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities! #IPDP 🔎 We conducted a global scoping review on the barriers and interventions of access in healthcare services for persons with disabilities 👉 Full paper: https://t.co/Exs56A68XP 🧵 Key findings & recs [1/13]
equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com
Background Persons with disabilities experience health inequities in terms of increased mortality, morbidity, and limitations in functioning when compared to the rest of the population. Many of the...
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Today I met with representatives of the Palestinian General Union for Persons with Disabilities, Palestinian Disability Coalition, Arab Organisation of Persons with Disabilities, Disability Justice for Palestine Collective and @IDA_CRPD_Forum to discuss the grave and growing
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"Because disability doesn't mean that I don't have the right to be a mum." Watch the remarkable story of Yenifer from Honduras. No woman should face stigma and discrimination when accessing essential maternity care. #OneMotherToAnother #WorldHealthDay
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🗣️ Join the pre-GDS event on Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities to mobilize recognition and commitments on disability inclusion in health ahead of the #GDS2025 📆 6 February, 13.00-14.00 CET ➡️ Join onsite at WHO Headquarters, Geneva or online https://t.co/xuSPYNkDTO
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Higher health-care costs deepen health inequities for persons with disabilities and place them at a higher risk of poverty. Ensuring the rights and needs of persons with disabilities is essential for countries to achieve. #HealthForAll.
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Achieving health equity requires meaningful consultation with people with disabilities and their organizations. It demands cross-sector collaboration. Let’s work together for a more inclusive future for all. #HealthForAll #ActionForEquity
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It was such a privilege to spend the week with outstanding people across the Western Pacific at the @WHO #RCM75 @RD_WPRO. Thank you @IALP_Global @CharlesSturtUni for the opportunity
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Inclusion du #Handicap en santé. Fin de l'atelier d'élaboration du plan d'action national. 20 actions prioritaires ont pu être dégagées en vue de la finalisation du plan. @Sightsavers @OMS_Afrique @ONU_CIV @Pierre_DIMBA @Santeci
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Inclusion du #Handicap en santé. La prochaine étape consiste en la finalisation du plan d'action national, avec la budgétisation, avant la soumission au ministre de la santé à la mi-décembre, pour une appropriation nationale. @OMS_Afrique @Sightsavers @ONU_CIV @Santeci
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Inclusion du #Handicap dans le système de santé. La #CotedIvoire entame un atelier de 2 jours ce matin pour développer son plan d'action national. Elle est le 1er pays francophone à faire cet exercice. @OMS_Afrique @ONU_CIV @Pierre_DIMBA @Santeci
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How do we solve the SLT retention crisis? Come and share your ideas and shape recommendations for the East of England and beyond! Join our co-production workshop on 8 October, 10am-12pm via Zoom and have your voice heard. We want solutions! 🖇️Register: https://t.co/SwyLBJyiFx
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Just released! The implementation toolkit for #accessible #telehealth services is now available. This is crucial for the 1 in 6 people globally with disabilities. A significant step towards inclusive healthcare. #Accessibility #ActionForEquity #HealthForAll
🆕 The @WHO-@ITU implementation toolkit on accessible #telehealth services has just been released! 🗣 Designing accessible telehealth services for persons with disabilities means unlocking access for 1 in 6 people worldwide. ➡ https://t.co/s59CVU5E9A
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👆 Together for accessible #telehealth 👩💻 @AlarcosC @MikkelsenBente_ @KaloyanKKamenov @m_f_moro @IDA_CRPD_Forum @iddcconsortium @A_Pregel @Sightsavers @WHO @GDS_Disability @SharynneMcLeod
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🆕 The @WHO-@ITU implementation toolkit on accessible #telehealth services has just been released! 🗣 Designing accessible telehealth services for persons with disabilities means unlocking access for 1 in 6 people worldwide. ➡ https://t.co/s59CVU5E9A
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🌍 Exciting News! Join us for the first @WHO Global Oral Health Meeting 🌐 Let’s come together to discuss from Pledge to Action: The Global Coalition on Oral Health. Don’t miss out on this opportunity! #NCDs #UHC2030 #UNHLM2025 Learn more: https://t.co/Y1CkUruVIe
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📢 Call for participants for a study on demand avoidance You can take part if you: ✅ are aged 18+ ✅struggle to undertake everyday tasks and experience a stress response to demands Take the survey here (closes 13th Sept): https://t.co/D4cNsFLfs7
Could you spare half an hour to complete an online survey? https://t.co/w0Dn0HyDzv We want to hear from adults who experience a stress response to demands. You might be self-identified PDA, have a diagnosis which references demand avoidance, or think you would meet the criteria.
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Early Childhood Voices: Children, Families, Professionals has just been published including fabulous chapters from interdisciplinary colleagues across the world @ProfLauraLundy @MarilynFleer @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG @SpringerEdu @SV_SLP @KateMargetson
link.springer.com
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Thank you @speechwoman !!🧡
🆓🔓#OpenAccess Congratulations @MelG_SLT and colleagues @DrJennyG and Napoleon Katsos, Speechwoman's Site of the Month awardees for July, 2024. Let's 🥳🎉CELEBRATE: @RCSLT @LondonBilCEN @BilingMatters @ijlcd
https://t.co/k3eGSy3qZW
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Calling all Member States, UN organizations, non-State actors, and individuals with lived experience of health conditions to join the web-based consultation ahead of the UN high-level meeting on #NCDs in 2025. https://t.co/3mFQvogbTT
@MikkelsenBente_ @JeromeSalomon @MJHogendorf
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✨ We will share more posts with the findings and recommendations of this review soon, but for now, here's an extract that captures its essence 👇 Please be in touch with any comments/questions, and share widely!! @RCSLTResearch
https://t.co/kJIEN7i0YM
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