The Rehabilitation Competency Framework (RCF) defines the core values and beliefs shared by the rehabilitation workforce, and encompasses the competencies, behaviours, knowledge and skills required to perform the range of activities and tasks involved in rehabilitation practice and service delivery.
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The WHO Rehabilitation Competency Framework was designed to be “adapted and adopted” to create context-specific rehabilitation competency frameworks, such as for a particular profession, setting or specialization. This guide describes a stepwise process of modelling a competency framework on the WHO Rehabilitation Competency Framework through five phases: Planning,…
This guide complements both the WHO Rehabilitation Competency Framework and the guide, Adapting the WHO Rehabilitation Competency Framework to a specific context. It describes a stepwise approach to developing a rehabilitation education and training programme and curriculum that can be used to support competency-based education. The guide describes steps across five…
In response to COVID-19, WHO worked with in-country partners in India, Iraq and Papua New Guinea (PNG) in 2020 and 2021, to implement a project to strengthen local capacity for community-level assistive technology (AT) services, at the same time developing a model of remote-support to the in-country teams. The project addressed access and distance to services as a…
This website presents summary data for the WHO progress indicators for access to assistive technology by country
This publication aims to provide an overview of what is currently known about the prevalence and coverage of assistive technology in the WHO European Region. It is guided by the following research question: “What is the prevalence of needs, access and coverage of assistive technology and what are facilitators and barriers to access and coverage in the WHO European…
To ensure the global report on assistive technology was going to be relevant and contributes to improving access to assistive technology in the WHO European Region, the WHO Regional Office for Europe convened a regional consultation to discuss the findings of the report and, with this in mind, to explore and reflect on measures being pursued in countries to…
This publication aims to provide an overview of what is currently known about the prevalence and coverage of assistive technology in the WHO European Region. It is guided by the following research question: “What is the prevalence of needs, access and coverage of assistive technology and what are facilitators and barriers to access and coverage in the WHO European…
This groundbreaking report looks at patenting and technology trends in innovation in assistive technology. It identifies the prominent technologies, top players and markets for patent protection across seven domains mobility, cognition, communication, hearing, the built environment, self-care and vision. Using a scale of technology readiness, it reveals which of the…
This IFHOH paper is a guide for event organizers. It explains what is a hearing loss, What are the accessibility needs of Hard Of Hearing persons. What are the possible assistive listening devices and systems, How to properly select and implement one of this systems. Among the amplification systems that are mentioned are Induction Loops, Infra Red, FM, Bluetooth…