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Global Study Exposes Critical Data Gaps in Mental Health Prevalence-Children and Low-Income Countries Most Affected

9 May 2025

A study published in The Lancet Global Health on April 24, 2025, has revealed a stark reality for global mental health: more than 80 percent of countries and territories lack recent, nationally representative data on the prevalence of mental health conditions, with...

Promoting inclusive development of women, girls with disabilities

9 July 2021 | All news

Intro: Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International and chairperson of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, said recently that one of the most important ways for women and girls with disabilities to live independently is through rehabilitation. Zhang...

Improving the well-being of people with disabilities

18 June 2021 | All news

Intro: 14th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was held June 15-17 both virtually and in-person at the UN headquarters in New York. Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International (RI) and...

Guide to protect physically challenged from sexual abuse

6 June 2021 | All news

The Institute for Human Development of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the Missouri Development Disabilities Council and the Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities have published a guide to help prevent sexual assault and other abuses, especially for...

ESA recruiting first astronaut with disabilities

6 June 2021 | All news

The European Space Agency launched a recruitment drive on March 31 to employ four to six career astronauts, who will be permanent ESA staff, and about 20 reserve astronauts for possible shorter, one-off missions to destinations like the International Space...

CDPF and ZHO further cooperation to benefit people with disabilities

27 May 2021 | All news

Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International (RI) and chairperson of the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF), addresses the cooperative ceremony in Beijing on May 18, 2021. [Photo by Wang Yanfang/China.org.cn] On May 18, 2021, Zhang Haidi, president of...

RI contributes to the protection of students with disabilities in Ethiopia from COVID-19

2 May 2021 | All news

Face masks were distributed to students with disabilities in Ethiopia earlier this year.Approved by Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International, and the executive committee of RI, RI Africa Fund supported a RI member organization - the Vision Community...

Zhang Haidi inspects preparation work for 2022 Paralympic Winter Games

28 April 2021 | All news

Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International, executive president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and chairperson of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, paid inspection visits to the National Indoor...

Fund offers students with intellectual disability hope of continuing education

26 April 2021 | All news

While the education of many students with intellectual disability is usually provided at professional special agencies and schools with classes customized for their needs, some special programs are giving them the same opportunities to go to college as their peers....

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