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Located within the University of Sydney Faculty of Health Sciences, we bring together expertise from a range of disciplines and research areas to actively contribute to the challenges presented by the World Report on Disability (World Health Organization and the World Bank, 2011).
Formerly known as the WHO Collaborating Centre in Health Workforce Development in Rehabilitation and Long Term Care, we received official re-designation in June 2018 with a new title - WHO Collaborating Centre for Strengthening Rehabilitation Capacity in Health Systems.
This follows four years of successful achievements in capacity building and contributing to research and evidence in rehabilitation and long term care service provision. The re-designated centre's four-year work plan will support implementation of the Western Pacific Regional Framework on Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation 2030: A Call for Action.
Providing support to the WHO by generating and disseminating evidence on strengthening rehabilitation in health systems.
Supporting the WHO in building workforce capacity in rehabilitation training in educational institutions.
Supporting the WHO in providing technical support and training in ICF for rehabilitation, disability and health personnel.
People with disability are more likely to die from the novel coronavirus – but we can reduce this risk
Working with Pacific Disability Forum our Collaborating Centre is adapting the Person-Centred Emergency Preparedness Planning Resource for COVID-19 for the Pacific with support from WHO Western Pacific Region.
View the Queensland Planning Resources or contact Associate Professor Michelle Villeneuve for further information on this project.
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In an historic move, the 67th World Health Assembly adopted a resolution endorsing the WHO global disability action plan 2014–2021: Better health for all people with disability. The Action Plan will provide a major boost to WHO and governments’ efforts to enhance the quality of life of the one billion people around the world with disabilities.
Thanks to the cooperation of Emory School of Medicine, you can now view their journal Rehab in Review online. The journal provides concise readable summaries of current, pertinent articles from 70 distinguished journals. The journal is available in three languages: Chinese, English and Spanish.
In July 2019, the WHO released Rehabilitation in Health Systems Guide for Action, a practical guide which aims to strengthen rehabilitation in health systems within countries working with Ministries of Health.
The guide is organised around four phases with guidance available for each. The strengthening rehabilitation process begins with assessing the situation, developing a rehabilitation strategic plan at national level, establishing monitoring, evaluation, and review processes, and, implementing the strategic plan.
This Guide for Action assists countries and rehabilitation services worldwide to work towards achieving the recommendations and good practice statements included in Rehabilitation in Health Systems (WHO, 2017).
In February 2017, WHO released Rehabilitation in Health Systems as part of the Rehabilitation 2030. A Call for Action. This document provides evidence-based, expert-informed recommendations and good practice statements to support health systems and stakeholders in strengthening and extending high-quality rehabilitation services so that they can better respond to the needs of populations.
The recommendations were made in accordance with the standards and procedures outlined in the WHO Handbook for Guideline Development, 2nded. (WHO, 2014).