To help create awareness and observe the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on 3 December 2022, Elsevier is proud to showcase a special issue of freely available journal articles and book chapters to share.

This Study supports SDGs 3, 5 and 10, investigating the impact of chemotherapy on the immune system of older women with breast cancer.

An Article in support of SDGs 3, 5, and 10, showing that effective cataract surgical coverage varies widely between countries, increases with greater income level, and is higher in men.

This chapter advances the UN SDG Goal 3: Good Health and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by outlining the approaches that can be broadly applied to improve health equity and reduce disparities in perioperative care.

This chapter advances the UN SDG Goal 3: Good Health and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by reviewing several patient, hospital, and community-based factors that promote racial and gender disparities in sepsis.

This content links with Goal 3: Good health and well-being and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by outlining the state-of-the-art regarding the genetic architecture of PBC and thoughtful reflections on the limitations of current genetic methods

This content links with Goal 3: Good health and well-being and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by highlighting advanced imaging and wrist arthroscopy for accurate staging and selecting of appropriate treatment.

This content links with Goal 3: Good health and well-being and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by providing underlying pathophysiology, risk factors, and early warning signs of peripartum cardiomyopathy.

What the world is witnessing these days is a country where older and younger people, men and women, Iranians from inside and outside the country, people with different ethnicities, are unified by a single purpose—FREEDOM.

Developing a working and inclusive definition of access to eye care.