The purpose of the PFRPD is to: Support Pacific governments to promote, protect and fulfil the rights of persons with disabilities as outlined in the CRPD; and Provide a regional modality to strengthen coordination and collaboration in support of national initiatives.
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Adopted during the 63rd session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean in 2016, this resolution urges Member States to prioritize assistive technology as a core component of health services. It calls for evidence-based policies, needs assessments, the development of national priority assistive product lists, and the strengthening of service…
The document discusses e-accessibility for persons with disabilities in the Arab region. It highlights the importance of digital accessibility and the need for Arab countries to adopt technical guidelines to enable persons with disabilities to access information and communication technology (ICT) tools and services efficiently.
Following the release in 2008 of the Guidelines on the provision of manual wheelchairs in less resourced settings(1), in 2012 the first package within a range of Wheelchair Service Training Packages (WSTP) was released: the Wheelchair Service Training Package – Basic Level (WSTPb)(2). This was followed in 2013 by the release of the Wheelchair Service Training Package…
WHO realizes that trained personnel alone cannot ensure appropriate wheelchair provision in the country or carry out their responsibilities as outlined in the Wheelchair Guidelines, unless and until there is a higher level of involvement to establish or improve wheelchair provision within the country. The purpose of the training package is to create awareness and…
Following the release in 2008 of the Guidelines on the provision of manual wheelchairs in less resourced settings(1), in 2012 the first package within a range of Wheelchair Service Training Packages (WSTP) was released: the Wheelchair Service Training Package – Basic Level (WSTPb)(2). This was followed in 2013 by the release of the Wheelchair Service Training Package…
The prosthetic/ orthotic education standards aim to ensure that programmes have the infrastructure and resources to develop students into entry-level practitioners that can increase access to services and provide the appropriate quality of prosthetic/orthotic services. The development of these standards was guided by the World Health Organization and relevant health…
The SAKLAY is a service delivery framework that was created to offer a practical and systematic guide to Filipino occupational therapists who render AT services for persons with disabilities (PWD) that takes into account the client's needs, resources, abilities, and contexts.
The objective of this note is to identify national entry points to include persons with disabilities in Belize. This note was prepared to accompany the operationalization of the regional report ‘Disability Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Path to Sustainable Development’. 2 It is meant to help guide the Government and the World Bank to strengthen…
Policy report “Assistive Technology in China: policy framework, service delivery, and industry development”. This article aims to layout the Chinese policy framework aiming at advancing the provision of AT and illustrate how AT can be delivered in the “local-county-prefecture-province” network in China. This article also highlights the efforts China has made in…