University of Gondar Community Based Rehabilitation (UoG-CBR) Program 2019
- Introduction :
According to World Bank and WHO report, a total of 17.6% of Ethiopian population is estimated to be living with some sort of disability. Due to the poverty, Access to rehabilitation services is very limited especially for persons with disability living in rural corners of the country. Therefore Community based rehabilitation strategy is an approach which is suitable for such countries like Ethiopia and University of Gondar established CBR.
- Objectives :
- To enable government sectors and community level structures to become actively engaged in disability inclusive development at all levels and aspects of society in the zones by the end of 2020.
- To improve living conditions of PWDs in the zones by initiating, strengthening and supporting rehabilitation, self-development and social inclusion practices by the end of 2020.
- Methodology/approach –
The program uses a Community based rehabilitation strategy with a holistic approach focusing on the following matrix;
