Scaling up support for children with developmental disabilities in low- and middle-income countries

摘要

We live in a world characterized by inequalities in the basic freedoms, opportunities and capabilities afforded to people. In 2008, the per capita gross national income (corrected for local purchasing power) in the world's high-income countries was just over dellar37 000 per person. It averaged dellar1400 per person per year across the one billion people (who make up 15% of the world's population) living in the world's low-income countries and just over dellar6000 per person per year across the 4.3 billion people (70% of the world's population) living in the world's middle-income countries (World Bank 2010). Life expectancy at birth for women in the world's high-income countries is currently 82 years, 22 years longer than for women in low-income countries (World Bank 2010). One in three children in the world's low-income countries do not complete primary level education; over one in ten will die before their fifth birthday, rates 17 times higher than in the world's high-income countries (World Bank 2010). Inequalities in social and economic conditions are inextricably linked to inequalities in health and well-being (World Health Organization 2008a).