States Parties recognize that persons with disabilities have the right to
the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health without
discrimination on the basis of disability. States Parties shall take all
appropriate measures to ensure access for persons with disabilities to health
services that are gender-sensitive, including health-related rehabilitation. In
particular, States Parties shall:
(a) Provide persons with disabilities with the same range, quality and
standard of free or affordable health care and programmes as provided to other
persons, including in the area of sexual and reproductive health and
population-based public health programmes;
(b) Provide those health services needed by persons with disabilities
specifically because of their disabilities, including early identification and
intervention as appropriate, and services designed to minimize and prevent
further disabilities, including among children and older persons;
(c) Provide these health services as close as possible to people’s own
communities, including in rural areas;
(d) Require health professionals to provide care of the same quality
to persons with disabilities as to others, including on the basis of free and
informed consent by, inter alia, raising awareness of the human rights, dignity,
autonomy and needs of persons with disabilities through training and the
promulgation of ethical standards for public and private health care;
(e) Prohibit discrimination against pers...
