Community Based Rehabilitation Global Mapping
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WHO, UNESCO and ILO are developing Community Based
Rehabilitation (CBR) Guidelines following Helsinki (2003)
recommendations and CBR Joint Position Paper 2004 which adopts
CBR as a Strategy for Rehabilitation, Equalization of
Opportunities, Poverty Reduction and Social Inclusion of People
with Disabilities. The involvement of people with disabilities
in all development initiatives is changing - "Nothing about us
without us".
CBR needs a new impetus to cope with world changes and, at the
same time, needs to be developed as a profession. People with
disabilities and their families must lead a quality of life and
be equal member of the community with equal rights,
opportunities and responsibilities. The strategy needs to be
multisectoral.
To achieve this, CBR implementers need to have access to up to
date information, a forum for sharing successes and failures, a
guiding group for the beginners, a platform to network with
other like minded developmental organizations - a Global CBR
Network which will be an amalgamation of 3 Continental CBR
Network - Asia, Africa and America.
Towards this, WHO has initiated an exercise of "CBR Global
Mapping" (a database of CBR implementers and CBR resource
personnel). WHO is asking your assistance to carry out this
ambitious project. WHO has developed a simple outlook based
contact form which is enclosed herewith. WHO would appreciate,
if you know any CBR organization or resource person - please
share this note with them and request them to send the form back
to us for further action.
Please fill up and send back to us with a copy to Chapal
Khasnabis (mailto:khasnabisc@who.int).
If you have any query please do not hesitate to communicate with
us.
Sanae HAYASHI
Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention (VIP)
World Health Organization
mailto:hayashis@who.int
http://www.who.int/disabilities/
Khasnabis Chapal
Disability And Rehabilitation (DAR) Team
World Health Organization
mailto:khasnabisc@who.int
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CBR GLOBAL ATLAS pls. complete and send.
Name
Job title
Full Address
Phone and fax
web page
Legal identity
Areas of expertise
Population covered
CBR beneficiaries
No. of CBR staff
Geographical coverage partnerships with...
Areas of intervention (health education livelihood empowerment
poverty alleviation advocacy)
6 lines brief about your organization