One billion people around the world live with disabilities. This report makes the case that they are being “left behind” in the global community’s work on health. This lack of access not only violates the rights of people with disabilities under international law, but UHC and SDG 3 cannot be attained without better health services for the one billion people with…
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This policy brief highlights key challenges in ensuring equitable access to assistive technology. It provides concrete actions to improve access across five key areas – people-centred: policy, products, personnel, and provision (5P). The brief is targeted at policy-makers involved in designing assistive technology policies and programmes, especially those involved…
A report outlining the first learnings from the implementation of ATA-C in Mongolia
A report outlining the first learnings from the implementation of ATA-C in Sierra Leone
This study was conducted as part of the AT2030 Research Programme, which is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and delivered by the Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub). It was carried out by a team from the Sierra Leonean Centre of Dialogue on Human Settlement and Poverty Alleviation (CODOHSAPA), the Sierra Leone Federation…
As part of this toolkit, WHO is preparing a series of validated technical support tools appropriate for different aspects of hearing care provision, including planning and monitoring. Strong indicators are an important element to consider when planning effective implementation of ear and hearing care services. This document provides a set of uniform and universally…
The Papua New Guinea (PNG) pilot was carried out in June 2019, in collaboration with the National Department of Health (NDOH) Health Facilities Standards Branch, National Capital District Community (NCDC) Health Services, Port Moresby General Hospital (PMGH) Eye Clinic and the National Orthotics and Prosthetics Service (NOPS). This report describes the activities and…
To assist countries in strengthening rehabilitation, the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed this guide, the Rehabilitation in health systems: guide for action. This resource leads governments through health system strengthening practices with a focus on rehabilitation. It facilitates leadership and planning for rehabilitation through a situation assessment…
This publication summarizes the current gaps, needs and opportunities for intervention in the field of assistive technology in Tajikistan. The situational analysis was conducted under the leadership of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, Republic of Tajikistan and with technical support from the WHO Country Office, Tajikistan.
This report presents the results of a rapid assessment of the situation in countries of the Region focusing on five key areas: policy and financing information and research products personnel and service provision. It provides essential baseline information on the provision of assistive products as well as recommendations based on the findings to help countries…