Community-Based Rehabilitation: CBR Guidelines

Chapal Khasnabis; Karen Heinicke Motsch; Kamala Achu; Kathy Al Jubah; Svein Brodtkorb; Philippe Chervin; Peter Coleridge; Mike Davies; Sunil Deepak; Kenneth Eklindh; Ann Goerdt; Cindy Greer; Karen Heinicke-Motsch; Derek Hooper; Venus B Ilagan; Natalie Jessup; Chapal Khasnabis; Diane Mulligan; Barbara Murray; Alana Officer; Francesca Ortali; Bob Ransom; Aline Robert; Sue Stubbs; Maya Thomas; Venkatesh Balakrishna; Roselyn Wabuge-Mwangi; Nina Mattock; Teresa Lander

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Community-Based Rehabilitation: CBR Guidelines

Chief Editors: Chapal Khasnabis and Karen Heinicke Motsch. Editorial group and lead authors: Kamala Achu, Kathy Al Jubah, Svein Brodtkorb, Philippe Chervin, Peter Coleridge, Mike Davies, Sunil Deepak, Kenneth Eklindh, Ann Goerdt, Cindy Greer, Karen Heinicke-Motsch, Derek Hooper, Venus B Ilagan, Natalie Jessup, Chapal Khasnabis, Diane Mulligan, Barbara Murray, Alana Officer, Francesca Ortali, Bob Ransom, Aline Robert, Sue Stubbs, Maya Thomas, Venkatesh Balakrishna, and Roselyn Wabuge-Mwangi. Technical editors: Nina Mattock and Teresa Lander.

Geneva: World Health Organization; 2010.

ISBN-13: 978-92-4-154805-2

Recommendations to develop guidelines on community-based rehabilitation (CBR) were made during the International Consultation to Review Community-based Rehabilitation which was held in Helsinki, Finland in 2003. WHO; the International Labour Organization; the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; and the International Disability and Development Consortium – notably CBM, Handicap International, the Italian Association Amici di Raoul Follereau, Light for the World, the Norwegian Association of Disabled and Sightsavers – have worked closely together to develop the Community-based rehabilitation guidelines. More than 180 individuals and representatives of nearly 300 organizations, mostly from low-income and middle-income countries around the world, have been involved in their development.

The Community-based rehabilitation guidelines:

Provide guidance on how to develop and strengthen CBR programmes;
Promote CBR as a strategy for community-based development involving people with disabilities;
Support stakeholders to meet the basic needs and enhance the quality of life of people with disabilities and their families;
Encourage the empowerment of people with disabilities and their families.

Advisory group: Philippe Chervin, Mike Davies, Sepp Heim, Einar Helander, Etienne Krug, Padmani Mendis, Federico Montero, Barbara Murray, Alana Officer, Enrico Pupulin and William Rowland.

Administrative support: Rachel MacKenzie.

Financial support: Government of Italy, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Government of Finland, Government of Norway, Government of Sweden, Government of the United Kingdom, International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), CBM, Sightsavers, AIFO and Light for the World.

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Khasnabis C, Heinicke Motsch K, Achu K, et al., editors. Community-Based Rehabilitation: CBR Guidelines. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2010.