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Research on children of disabled parents gets a large funding

What is the association between parental disability and child outcomes with regard to health equality, from birth to young adulthood? What are the contributing and buffering factors, including the policy environment? Forte (the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare) has decided to give a grant of nearly 4,3 million Swedish kronor to the research project “Overlooked Children in Need (ORCHID): A Study on the Development and Well-Being of Children of Parents with Disabilities”.

Happy Arabic deaf mute mother and daughter communicating at home using sign language.
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Launch of report on Peaceful Societies through Health and Gender Equality

Is it possible to achieve peace through investments in health and equality? Learn how improvements in health equity and gender equality can contribute to more peaceful societies from the authors, collaborators, and subject-matter experts of the Lancet Commission on Peaceful Societies through Health Equity and Gender Equality as the Commission report is released on September 7th. The prestigious medical publication The Lancet organizes this independent, cross-disciplinary project, which included 24 Commissioners and several partners.

Sara Causevic
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