CBM Global News

Since 25th August 2017, extreme violence in Rakhine state, Myanmar has driven over 859,000 refugees across the border into Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. Situations of conflict and mass displacement present

In November 2021, CBM Global launched the Humanitarian Hands-on Tool (HHoT) tool in the Bengali language. This is in addition to the current English, Indonesian and Spanish versions. The Inclusive

This article shares six take-aways from COP26 from our CBM Global team who were at COP: Julian Eaton, Mental Health Director, Christian Modino Hok, Humanitarian Director, and Mary Keogh, Advocacy

CBM Global Federation has recently approved a new framework for its global and national advocacy work. Developed over a 6-month period with internal stakeholders and organisation of persons with disabilities

Dr. Danny Haddad, Inclusive Eye Health Director of CBM Global, reflects on this year’s theme for World Sight Day.  Love your eyes! This year’s theme for World Sight Day is

The UN World Data Forum took place in hybrid form, online and in Bern, Switzerland from 3–6 October. We were actively involved with strategic and effective advocacy actions. The following

Dr. Julian Eaton, Mental Health Director of CBM Global, reflects on this year’s theme for World Mental Health Day.  The World Mental Health Day theme this year, ‘Mental Health in

Today, we celebrate International Day of Sign Languages and CBM Global is pleased to join in this celebration. This is a day recognised by the UN to celebrate, support and

CBM Global is delighted to join the 12th Annual Neglected Tropical Diseases NGO (NNN) Conference taking place virtually on 7-9 September 2021. This year’s theme is “Enabling a paradigm shift

CBM Global, a member of the International Disability and Development Consortium, welcomes the launch of WeThe15, a new global campaign to end discrimination against all people with disabilities. Mary Keogh,

On World Humanitarian Day, CBM Global launches its new publication “Disability Inclusive Cash Assistance: Learnings from Practice in Humanitarian Response”. Every 19th of August, World Humanitarian Day brings together humanitarian

More than one million people in Southern Madagascar are facing starvation as the country experiences its worst drought in 40 years. According to the World Food Programme: 14,000 people are

We are pleased to be part of a UN High-level Political Forum side event on Tuesday, 13 July focused on “An Unequal Pandemic: Bringing Communities’ and Civil Society Organisations’ Evidence

A new toolkit on accessible meetings and events has been developed by CBM Global’s Inclusion Advisory Group. The toolkit provides practical guidance on organising accessible and inclusive face-to-face events, conferences,

Today, CBM Global and our partners launch the first five of our Community Mental Health “Good Practice Guides”, which share lessons learnt from our global work on mental health for

CBM Global in partnership with the Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities are pleased to launch three country reports highlighting in more depth the impact COVID-19 has had on persons

Today, the European Disability Forum (EDF) and CBM Global will launch a video on disability inclusive climate justice at the European Development Days which is taking place online over two

CBM Global welcomes the launch of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidance and technical packages on community mental health services: Promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches. Many people with mental health

Data collection can provide more accurate information about the number of deaf people in a location, their socio-economic situation, their intersectionalities, the barriers, and what policies and programs are needed

CBM Global and the World Blind Union (WBU) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) focused on how both organisations can work together to ensure the foundational right of accessibility

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit the West Sulawesi province in Indonesia on January 15, 2021. This left hundreds injured and more than 40,000 people displaced. CBM Global has been working in this

We invite you to join our technical session on: “Making cash assistance disability inclusive: What do we know from practice in humanitarian response and where do we go from here?”

On the 28th January 2021, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) signed a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CBM Global. This partnership is a very important step forward for

On World Glaucoma Week (7-13 March 2021), let us talk about the “silent disease” that affects 8 million people around the world. It is the fourth largest cause of vision