Global health advocates decry stigma on girls living with disabilities

NAIROBI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Rampant discrimination and stigma meted on adolescent girls living with physical impairments required concerted effort to eradicate, international health advocates said on Tuesday.

The advocates said in a statement issued in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi that disability had worsened human right violation, social and economic exclusion among women and girls.