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NCD Voices in the Decade of Action - Realizing rehabilitation in healthcare for NCDs
World Health Organization | 16 Dec 2020
This webinar convened the GCM/NCD to examine the role of rehabilitation in the NCD care continuum, the challenges to be overcome to ensure people with NCDs can access the rehabilitation they need, and identify a way forward. Speakers included:
- Dr Helena Davies and Dr Stephen Watiti both direct stakeholder trustees and lived experience advocates from the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance.
- Dr Bente Mikkelsen, Director for the Department of NCDs, WHO
- Professor Theo Vos, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington
- Dr Alarcos Cieza, Unit Head, Sensory Functions, Disability and Rehabilitation, Department of NCDs, WHO
- Ms Jessica Crofts-Lawrence, Head of Policy and Advocacy, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
