As a designated collaborating centre of the World Health Organization, we support the implementation of the Western Pacific Regional Framework on Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation 2030: A Call for Action.
Located within the University of Sydney Faculty ofof Medicine and Health, School 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.We received further official re-designation in February 2023.
This follows eight 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.
1.Providing support to the WHO by collecting country and regional information on rehabilitation in universal health coverage (UHC) and in primary health care (PHC). (In Progress)
2.Providing support to the WHO by supporting implementation and evaluating rehabilitation resources and training to facilitate task sharing with primary health care workers.
3.Providing technical input to support WHO’s activities with selected countries in WPR towards conducting national rehabilitation situation assessments, developing national strategic plans and monitoring framework and supporting its implementation.
4.Supporting WHO in building capacity and expertise in health and functioning and disability data sets and data standards for administrative, clinical, educational and research purposes 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 Queenslandor contact Associate ProfessorMichelle Villeneuvefor further information on this project.
Reports prepared by WHO Collaborating Centre for Strengthening Rehabilitation Capacity in Health Systems.
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“The World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA) is a WHO global network of stakeholders whose mission is to support the implementation of thethrough advocacy activities. It focuses on promoting rehabilitation as an essential health service that is integral to Universal Health Coverage and to the realization of Sustainable Development Goal 3Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.”
The WHOCC- Strengthening Rehabilitation Capacity in Health Systems was accepted as a member of the WRA in November 2022. We have committed to participation in four workstreams:
led byJo Lewis
led byDr Rebecca Barton
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