We warmly ivite you to join us in Antigua & Barbuda in October for the 2022 5th Continental CBR/CBID Congress of the Americas as we work towards the ful lment of the rights of persons with disabilities in the Americas region. The conference is a hybrid format, so you can choose to either attend online or […]
The World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day (WSBHD) has been established and designated by the International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus’ (IF) General Meeting in Guatemala in 2011 with the aim of raising awareness and understanding about Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (SBH). It also serves as a means to advocate and promote the rights […]
Register for WHO’s Training in Assistive Products MOOC Sign up for the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Training in Assistive Products (TAP) starting on November 10! For two weeks you will have the opportunity to join other learners around the world in taking the first TAP module “Introduction to Assistive Products” What is a MOOC? It is […]
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“Towards Rehabilitation at Your Door-Step” – the Third Webinar in “Poverty, Hunger and Disability: the Missing Link” series Sept. 20, 2022 “It is utmost urgent that community based rehabilitation is not forgotten, and people with disabilities living in poverty are not forgotten”. Poverty and hunger have been missing and made invisible in the disability discourse […]
Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine the uptake, user characteristics, and performance of the free WHO smartphone hearing screening test (hearWHO) as a global hearing health promotion initiative. Method: We retrospectively examined the data of 242 626 tests conducted by adults (> 18 years) on the hearWHO app between February 2019 and […]
Clinical guideline: What are the intervenions to manage paients with COVID-19? Target audience: The target audience is anyone broadly involved directly or indirectly in the care of paients with COVID-19 and post COVID-19 condiion, i.e. clinicians, allied health care workers, facility managers and hospital administrators. Current pracice: The evidence base for clinical management of COVID-19 […]
Towards Rehab on your Doorstep 3rd in the series “Poverty, Hunger and Disability: The Missing Link” Dear Friends, Greetings from IDF and IFRA! To achieve Rehab on your Doorstep, IDF and IFRA Will organize the third webinar Via Zoom Link in our series on “Poverty, Hunger and Disability: The Missing Link” on 20th September 2022 from 14:00 – […]
WPA’s 1st World Patients Conference will provide patients the platform and opportunity to network, exchange information, share experiences, learn from each other, raise your voice, and advocate for patients cause internationally. Join us as we provide the international platform to empower and raise the patients’ voice for the provision and access to safe, quality, and affordable […]
At the 74th World Health Assembly in May 2021, Member States adopted resolution WHA74.8 on The highest attainable standard of health for persons with disabilities. This landmark resolution provides WHO with a mandate to continue its commitment to promote disability inclusion in the health sector. As part of its guidance to countries, the resolution specifically requests […]
