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Myanmar urged to help disabled more efficiently

Xinhua, September 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

Myanmar's Mandalay regional parliament has called for efforts to find effective ways to help disabled people, which constitute 4.6 percent of the country's total population.

According to the 2014 census, Myanmar has a population of over 51.5 million, which means about 2.4 million people are disabled in the country, official media reported Thursday.

The Mandalay parliament said reasonable accommodation is urgently needed for these people.

Mandalay, second largest city in Myanmar, is located inland north to the center of the country.

Myanmar enacted the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Law in 2015.

Myanmar conducted a 12-day national census in March-April 2014, the first of the country in three decades. Ninety-eight percent of the population were accounted for in line with international norms.

The country's first population census, conducted in 1872, showed 2.7 million citizens, while the second in 1983 registered 35.3 million. Endit