Islamabad – The World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that over 1 billion people or around 15 percent of the world’s population have some sort of disability, whereas the prevalence of disability in Pakistan is estimated by the Population Census 1998 at 2.49 percent.
To monitor the situation of people with disability, the World Health Organisation (WHO), with support from the Canadian High Commission and collaboration from Pakistan Baitul Mal, is going to conduct the Model Disability Survey (MDS) as a pilot study in Attock district.
“We are very pleased to be collaborating with the World Health Organisation in Pakistan to clarify needs, resources and policies to support the people of Pakistan,” Canadian High Commissioner Cruden said launching the joint WHO-Canada Model Disability Survey project. “The survey is a first step in this process of identifying an important community of valiant citizens of Pakistan who suffer from disabilities.”
Dr Maryam Mallick, Technical Advisor for Medical Rehabilitation, WHO, indicated that the data analysis and report generation of the MDS survey will be conducted by the Institute for Public Health and Health Services Research, Department of Medical Informatics Epidemiology and Research Unit, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany.
