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Upcoming disability summit must be a turning point Originally published by  BMJ on 16 February 2022 . This week’s Global Disability Summit (GDS) must be a moment for inclusion, commitment, and action to ensure equitable access and services for persons with disabilities. The GDS is co-hosted by Ghana, Norway and the International Disability Alliance (IDA), and supported by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Summit is held on 16-17 February.  Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, President of Ghana, Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Norway; Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization; Yannis Vardakastanis, President of International Disability Alliance. Grace is a primary school teacher in Malawi. She was also a university student, working towards a bachelor’s degree. She had a small business selling second-hand clothes. And she is a person with albinism. Albinism is characterized by a significant deficit in the production of melanin, resulting in the parti

SUBJECT IN FOCUS: Partner Coordination The WHO COVID-19 Incident Management Team is working closely with partners across all levels to provide support  to countries, strengthen technical and operational networking and collaboration, and support operational  coordination of the global response.  To strengthen day-to-day operations, key agencies are embedded in the global team, including UNICEF, the United  Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the International Organization for Migration (IOM),  and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The major partner coordination  mechanisms are the Emergency Medical Team (EMT) Initiative; the Global Health Cluster (GHC); and the Global  Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), which includes technical agencies, major NGOs, including Médecins  Sans Frontières (MSF) International, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the IFRC, and other