The Health of Disabled People Strategy sets the direction and long-term priorities for the new health system to move towards achieving equity in disabled people’s health and wellbeing outcomes over the next 10 years.
This provisional strategy provides a framework to guide health entities to improve health outcomes for disabled people and their whānau. Disabled people experience poorer health than non-disabled people and acutely feel these inequities.
Disabled people make up a significant and diverse part of Aotearoa New Zealand, with 1.1 million people (24% of the population) identified as disabled.
Our vision is to achieve pae ora | healthy futures for disabled people and their whānau in Aotearoa New Zealand. This is a future in which all disabled people and their whānau live long, fulfilling and more independent lives in good health.
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- Large print - Provisional Health of Disabled People Strategy summary (pdf, 270 KB)
- Large print - Provisional Health of Disabled People Strategy summary (docx, 82 KB)
- Easy read - Provisional Health of Disabled People Strategy summary (pdf, 2.7 MB)
- Braille - Provisional Health of Disabled People Strategy summary (brf, 7 KB)
- Audio - Provisional Health of Disabled People Strategy summary (mp3, 3.1 MB)