Guidelines on the provision of manual wheelchairs in less resourced settings

These guidelines seek to promote personal mobility and enhance the quality of life of wheelchair users by assisting Member States in developing a system of wheelchair provision to support the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (and specifically Articles 4, 20 and 26) and World Health Assembly resolution 58/23 of 25 May 2005.

Borg, Johan, ed.; Khasnabis, Chapal, ed. · 1970

Abstract

The guidelines focus on manual wheelchairs and the needs of long-term wheelchair users. The recommendations are targeted at those involved in wheelchair services, ranging from design and planning, to providing or supplying wheelchairs and their maintenance. The guidelines are divided into five chapters: (1) Introduction; (2) Design and production; (3) Service delivery; (4) Training; and (5) Policy and planning. (Author abstract, modified)

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