Sahil, 10 years old, doing a rehabilitation session at home in Kashmir. | © Lucas Veuve/Handicap International
Seven new factsheets on the added value of rehabilitation, aimed at improving the awareness and understanding of the role that rehabilitation can play in global health, and looking at current and future trends.
Sahil, 10 years old, doing a rehabilitation session at home in Kashmir. | © Lucas Veuve/Handicap International
Handicap International has produced a new set of factsheets on the added value of rehabilitation, in collaboration with the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics, the World Confederation for Physical Therapy, and the World Federation of Occupational Therapy.
The seven factsheets provide a broad overview of the role of rehabilitation in global health, focusing on areas of expertise gained by Handicap International through running rehabilitation programmes in countries affected by poverty, conflict and disaster. They also look at current and future trends.
The factsheets can be used as a package or individually. Each factsheet is divided in different sections, including: definition of the health condition or issue, key facts, main stakeholders, link to impairments or disability, the role of rehabilitation, supporting guidelines, global policy frameworks and a case study.
? Rehabilitation factsheets: Introduction (pdf, 304.5 KB)
? Rehabilitation and Maternal Health (pdf, 171.68 KB)
? Rehabilitation and Child Health (pdf, 195.78 KB)
? Rehabilitation and Diabetes (pdf, 208.95 KB)
? Rehabilitation and Cardiovascular Diseases (pdf, 210.48 KB)
? Rehabilitation and HIV & AIDS (pdf, 244.25 KB)
? Rehabilitation and Road Traffic Injuries (pdf, 206.06 KB)
The factsheets are also available in French.
Produced in collaboration with the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics, the World Confederation for Physical Therapy, and the World Federation of Occupational Therapy.
For more factsheets and other Handicap International publications, please visit our Reports section.
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