Strengthening health-related rehabilitation services at national levels
Christoph Gutenbrunner, Jerome Bickenbach, John Melvin, Jorge Lains, Boya Nugraha
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Coordination Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, DE-30625 Hannover, Germany. E-mail: gutenbrunner.christoph@mh-hannover.de
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2217
Lay Abstract
In 2014, World Health organization launched Global Disability Action plan 2014-2021: better health for people with disability. One of the goals is to strengthen rehabilitation-related services worldwide. This paper describes concept on how to support countries that need to strengthen rehabilitation-related services in the country. The concept includes people with disability and rehabilitation services in the country, the role of respective governments, professional organizations and other actors (e.g. non-governmental organizations) a in handling disability and rehabilitation services.
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