These Wheelchair provision guidelines aim to support improved access to appropriate wheelchairs, for all those in need, including children, older persons, people with mobility disabilities, and those with chronic health conditions. They are relevant for all countries and apply to all wheelchair users and types of wheelchairs. They emphasize that the best outcomes in…
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These Wheelchair provision guidelines aim to support improved access to appropriate wheelchairs, for all those in need, including children, older persons, people with mobility disabilities, and those with chronic health conditions. They are relevant for all countries and apply to all wheelchair users and types of wheelchairs. They emphasize that the best outcomes in…
This brief provides tentative estimates for the cost of a national school eye health program in Uganda based on unit cost estimates in Uganda and other countries.
The document presents the Self-care competency framework, a set of global competency standards for health and care workers to support people's self-care, including the providion of self care products
The Ministry of Health in Uganda, with support from the World Health Organization and Learning, Acting and Building Rehabilitation in Health Systems, undertook a national situational assessment of rehabilitation and assistive technology from June to July 2022. This is the final report of its findings.
how health financing practices can be harnessed to promote the delivery of rehabilitation services is limited. This document is the first WHO resource on health financing for rehabilitation. It considers current practices for financing rehabilitation services, frames
major challenges and opportunities, and offers guidance to decision-makers engaged in strengthening…
This study which relied on an extensive desk review and series of consultations with key stakeholders – Government, OPDs, UN entities, INGOs – reveals a set of factors that impact on the effective implementation of the CRPD in Mozambique.
The Vision and eye screening implementation handbook provides guidance on the vision and eye screening requirements for high-risk populations at the community
and primary care levels. The recommendations are evidence-based and developed with a focus on delivering screenings easily, safely, and effectively in low- and low–intermediate-resource settings.
This report examines the impact of climate change on persons with disabilities in Uzbekistan. The study found that persons with disabilities face widespread forms of social and economic marginalization, including exclusion from local social and political life, barriers to accessing essential health services, and discrimination in the labor market. The report…
Evidence on the uptake, use, and impact of EdTech at scale on participation and learning among students with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries remains very limited. This report presents findings on access to EdTech for children with difficulties in hearing and vision in middle-income countries (MICs) in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region using…