Following the celebration of the first ever World Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Day, Eric Weerts, Technical Referent on Emergency and Rehabilitation at Handicap International, has accepted to answer a few questions.
Join Handicap International’s Antony Duttine (@antduttine) and Davide Olchini as they blog from the World Health Assembly, taking place in Geneva this week May 23-27.
Join Handicap International’s Antony Duttine (@antduttine) and Davide Olchini as they blog from the World Health Assembly, taking place in Geneva this week May 23-27.
Join Handicap International’s Antony Duttine and Davide Olchini as they blog from the World Health Assembly, taking place in Geneva this week May 23-27.
Disasters are an increasing global problem, affecting more and more people, but the world is also getting better at preparing for and responding to them. As part of this improvement, national and international medical responses are getting better – they are reaching people faster, providing better care and are better coordinated.
Handicap International has launched in 2015 a project to improve the access to physical and functional rehabilitation care for persons with disabilities in countries with low and middle income. This initiative originated in an initial question posed by the rehabilitation technical department at headquarter level: How to reduce the financial barriers in order to have […]
This Saturday 12th of December is Universal Health Coverage Day [UHC], a day that will be celebrated around the globe . UHC is been promoted by the World Bank and WHO a major strategy for ensuring health for all in the next 15 years. UHC has therefore become a major goal for health reform in […]
Handicap International has joined the #ISPOWER awareness raising campaign, launched in June this year, by the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics [ISPO]. The aim of this campaign is to improve access to Assistive Health Technology & care for people with disabilities in order to enhance their participation to the society.
Rehabilitation must be recognized as an essential component of health care as it is critical in supporting individuals reaching an optimum level of health and wellbeing, and participating fully in society.