The second Rehabilitation 2030 meeting brings together government officials, WHO and other UN agencies, organizations representing rehabilitation service user groups and rehabilitation providers, funding bodies, major professional organizations, research institutions, and relevant international and nongovernmental organizations.
On 7 February 2017, WHO, Member States, international and professional organizations, nongovernmental organizations and rehabilitation experts issued Rehabilitation 2030: a call for action, a commitment to key actions to strengthen rehabilitation services in Member States. These actions include: improving rehabilitation governance and investment; expanding high-quality rehabilitation workforce and services; and enhancing rehabilitation data collection.
Two years after the launch of Rehabilitation 2030, it is time to take stock and reevaluate how we, as stakeholders of rehabilitation, are moving these commitments forward making sure that we are advancing towards the goals of:
rehabilitation service coverage in the context of Universal Health Coverage, and
rehabilitation receiving priority from international and national political leaders.
The objectives of the meeting are to:
review actions undertaken to date by WHO, its partners and Member States for the Rehabilitation 2030 initiative,
agree on concrete actions for rehabilitation in countries to advance the implementation of the WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work 2019-2023, and
identify enablers and barriers for moving the global rehabilitation agenda forward.
Concept note
Meeting report
Background papers
- Rehabilitation: the health strategy of the 21st century, really?
- Towards strengthening rehabilitation in health systems: Methods used to develop a WHO Package of Rehabilitation Interventions
- Western Pacific Regional framework on Rehabilitation
- Resolution on improving access to assistive technology (WHA 71.8)
- Package of rehabilitation interventions - Information sheet
Videos
- Rehabilitation: Key for health in the 21st century
- Rehabilitation is about health and functioning in everyday life
- Rehabilitation changes lives – Sana’s story from Pakistan
Photos
Recording of the meeting
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PowerPoint presentations
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Technical sessions
During the Second Global Rehabilitation 2030 meeting, the Rehabilitation in health systems: guide for action was launched.
The Second Global Rehabilitation 2030 meeting was followed by a technical working group session on 10 July. The technical working group contributed towards the development of two WHO resources: the Package of Rehabilitation Interventions, and the Rehabilitation Competency Framework.