04/09/2026
The Public Oral Health Forum is pleased to be contributing to the session “Actionable Pathways to Disability-Inclusive Health” at the upcoming 18th World Congress on Public Health.
On 6 September at 12:00 CAT, Executive Director and Special Olympics Clinical Director (Special Smiles), Dr Bulela Vava, will join colleagues from Special Olympics Africa,Special Olympics South Africa and Special Olympics International for an interactive conversation focused on moving disability inclusion from principle to practical health-system action.
The session will explore how health systems can advance disability inclusion through areas including leadership and governance, financing, workforce development, accessible infrastructure, digital health, stakeholder engagement, quality of care, monitoring and research.
Importantly, this will not be a conventional panel discussion. Participants will work together to examine recommendations and identify how they can be implemented in different country and health-system contexts. The ideas generated will contribute to an advocacy resource supporting disability-inclusive health systems.
📅 6 September 2026
🕛 12:00 CAT
📍 Meeting Room 2.41, CTICC
Health equity cannot be achieved with people with disabilities on the margins of the systems that should otherwise work for us all.
