News archive

• Update from the WHO Task Force on Disability, January 2011
  3 February 2011
• International Day of Persons with Disabilities
  3 December 2010
• Victim’s assistance and community-based rehabilitation (CBR)
  29 November 2010
• Consultation on International perspectives on spinal cord injury
  5 November 2010
• Rehabilitation response to people affected by polio in Tajikistan
  31 May 2010
• Meeting of Interagency Support Group
  5 May 2010
• Guyana launches National Rehabiliation Services Strategy 2009-2013
  26 March 2010
• 2nd Community-based Rehabiliation Continental Congress
  26 March 2010
• Personal Mobility - facilitating access to quality mobility aids and devices
  1 December 2009
• The Lancet - the first disability-themed issue
  1 December 2009
• Update from the WHO Task Force on Disability, December 2009
  27 November 2009
• Disability and HIV Policy Brief
  8 April 2009
• 1st Asia-Pacific Congress on Community-Based Rehabilitation
  18 February 2009
• Self-advocates guide the development of the world report
  20 November 2008
• CBR Network for the Americas and the Caribbean
  14 November 2008
• Chinese version of guidelines on prosthetics and orthotics services released
  5 November 2008
• Committee elected to ensure States honor commitment to Convention
  31 October 2008
• Training package will help make the most of guidelines on wheelchairs
  24 October 2008
• Updates from the WHO Task Force on Disability, July 2008
  9 July 2008
• Regional consultations provide valuable input into world report
  30 June 2008
• Task Force to mainstream disability across WHO
  8 April 2008
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  5 April 2008
• WHO/ILEP release new guide on community-based rehabilitation and leprosy
  11 February 2008
• WHO hosts workshop on the "Guidelines for community-based rehabilitation", December 2007
  7 December 2007
• WHO celebrates International Day of Persons with Disabilities
  4 December 2007
  2007 Theme: "Decent work for persons with disabilities"
• WHO hosts the third meeting of the editorial committee on a world report on disability and rehabilitation
  8 November 2007
• 3rd conference of the Community-based Rehabilitation Africa Network (CAN), Johannesburg, South Africa, 30 Oct to 2 Nov 2007
  3 November 2007
• WHO hosts a meeting of interested parties in Disability and Rehabilitation
  15 September 2007
• WHO Director-General meets with the International Disability Alliance (IDA)
  14 September 2007
• The first steps towards a Regional Strategy on community-based rehabilitation for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
  18 July 2007
• WHO hosts the second meeting of the Editorial Committee for the World report on disability and rehabilitation
  30 June 2007
• World Bank workshop on "The Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities: opportunities for international development agencies"
  28 June 2007
• Another important milestone in the pursuit of true equality for persons with disabilities
  30 March 2007
• WHO hosts consultation on guidelines for Community-based rehabilitation (CBR)
  15 December 2006
• UN General Assembly adopts International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  13 December 2006
• WHO celebrates International Day of Disabled Persons
  8 December 2006
• WHO hosts the first meeting of the Editorial Committee for a world report on disability and rehabilitation
  7 December 2006
• WHO and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) host workshop on Community Based Rehabilitation in Syria
  6 December 2006
• Experts meet to promote quality wheelchair production, distribution and maintenance for users around the world
  11 November 2006
• 47th Director Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) approve a resolution on disability
  29 September 2006
• WHO convenes meeting of experts to develop guidelines on wheelchairs
  1 September 2006
• UN concludes discussions towards first human rights treaty of the 21st Century to improve the lives of people with disabilities
  28 August 2006
• WHO hosts meeting on disability data and terminology
  3 August 2006
• Countries across the Americas agree to the need for enhancing disability policies and programmes
  6 July 2006
• Decade declared for the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (2006-2016) across the Americas
  6 June 2006
• Partners in the Eastern Mediterranean region meet to review status of disability efforts
  9 May 2006
• WHO and partners convene global expert conference on lower limb orthotics
  10 April 2006
• WHO supports research initiatives on medical rehabilitation and poverty reduction
  15 March 2006
• Government of Syria scales up efforts in community-based rehabilitation
  7 March 2006
• International Day of Disabled Persons
  3 December 2005
• WHO hosts event in the context the Sixth Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on a draft convention addressing the rights and dignity of people with disabilities
  15 September 2005
• WHO hosts consultation on guidelines for community based rehabilitation
  27 July 2005