Recent publications

 World report on disability [pdf 10.44Mb]  | Summary

Guidelines on community-based rehabilitation

Guidelines on the provision of manual wheelchairs in less-resourced settings [pdf 2.35Mb]

Rehab in review: The Surveillance Journal for Rehabilitation Professionals 

Policy documents

Joint position paper on the provision of mobility devices in less resourced settings [pdf 1.45Mb]

World Health Assembly resolution WHA58.23 - Disability, including prevention, management and rehabilitation [pdf 57Kb]

WHO Secretariat report: Disability, including prevention, management and rehabilitation [pdf 18Kb] 

Links

WHO disability and rehabilitation programme

WHO Regional Office for Africa: Disability and Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation

WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia:Disability, Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation

WHO Regional Office for the Americas: Health of the disabled

United Nations enable homepage: rights and dignity of persons with disabilities

World Bank disability homepage

ILO disability programme

UNESCO disability homepage

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights