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    The importance of SDG 17 and equitable partnerships in maximising participation of persons with communication disabilities and their families

    Dada, Shakila, Wylie, Karen, Marshall, Julie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8860-2951, Rochus, David and Bampoe, Josephine Ohenewa (2023) The importance of SDG 17 and equitable partnerships in maximising participation of persons with communication disabilities and their families. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25 (1). pp. 183-187. ISSN 1441-7049

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    Background: Equitable partnerships across borders, sectors and communities are integral in creating shared understanding, novel solutions and sustainable development. Sustainable development goal (SDG) 17: Partnerships for goals, focuses on strengthening global partnerships. This highlights the importance of partnership as a tool to support the achievement of all SDGs. Partnerships are particularly vital to creating sustainable and appropriate services to support people who experience communication or swallowing disability and their families, in under-served communities, where services and expert personnel may be limited and where innovative strategies are required for working with families and communities to improve service accessibility. Purpose: To reflect on key principles underpinning the creation of a speech–language pathologists’ (SLPs’) community of practice, designed to support SLPs from high-, low- and middle-income countries to develop equitable partnerships, aimed at supporting people who experience communication or swallowing disability their families. Result: We draw on the authors’ experiences of building partnerships to enhance participation for people who experience communication or swallowing disability. We discuss the need for global partnerships and challenges with current funding mechanisms. Conclusion: We use the principles of the speech–language pathology community of practice and concepts from the Partnership Accelerator 2030 Agenda to frame reflections and recommendations. This commentary paper focuses on partnerships for the goals (SDG 17).

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