GLOBAL STANDARDS FOR PROSTHETICS AND ORTHOTICS

Abstract

Over the past decade, essential documents and agreements have emerged to help improve the lives of people with physical disabilities. These include Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), ratified by more than 170 countries, and the World Health Organization (WHO) global disability action plan. While the principles in these broad agreements can be applied to people who would benefit from assistive technology, specific service standards are required to operationalize the CRPD and WHO objectives. Therefore, WHO, in partnership with the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), prepared global standards and an implementation manual to assist Member States in setting up, improving, or transforming their systems for delivering appropriate prosthetic and orthotic services. Article PDF Link:https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cpoj/article/view/31371/23745 How to cite: Lemaire ED,  Supan T,  Ortiz M. Global  Standards  for  Prosthetics  and  Orthotics.  Canadian  Prosthetics  &  Orthotics  Journal.  Volume1, Issue2, No.3, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v1i2.31371