Over 20 organisations join call for health equity for persons with disabilities to be prioritised at the 2025 Global Disability Summit

As the third Global Disability Summit (GDS) takes place in Berlin, co-hosted by the governments of Germany and Jordan, and the International Disability Alliance, over 20 organisations have joined IDDC in calling for the international community to prioritise disability inclusive health.

Persistent health inequities, arising from unjust and avoidable factors, mean that persons with disabilities face, on average, much poorer health and functioning than the general population.

As stakeholders gather at GDS2025, IDDC and partners, including the International Disability Alliance and the GLAD Inclusive Health working group, have joined together to call for governments and the international community to use the opportunity to make strong commitments on health equity for persons with disabilities at the summit.

You can read the to call to action, including the full list of signatories below.

Organisations are invited to add their names as additional co-signatories to the call to action. You can do this by filling out the form linked below. 

We will continue to regularly publish an updated list of co-signatories on this page until the end of April 2025.