Global Report on Assistive Technology. (Geneva : World Health Organization, 2022)
Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Who this report is for -- How this report was developed -- What this report contains -- Understanding assistive technology -- What is assistive technology? -- People who need assistive technology -- Benefits of assistive technology -- Paths to accessing assistive technology -- Assistive technology systems and coverage -- International policy frameworks -- Measuring access to assistive technology -- Population access to assistive technology -- System preparedness for providing assistive technology -- System shortfalls to meet population need -- Identifying barriers to assistive technology -- Limited services -- Inadequate products -- Procurement and delivery challenges -- Workforce capacity gaps -- Market failures -- Governance and funding issues -- Sociodemographic barriers -- Improving the assistive technology system -- Policy -- Products -- Provision -- Personnel -- Preparing for assistive technology in humanitarian crises -- Challenges for users -- Reducing barriers -- Creating enabling environments -- Universal design for enabling environments -- Physical and digital environments -- Services and systems -- Support and attitudes -- Natural environment -- Moving forward -- Recommendations -- Actors -- Actions -- Annex -- References.
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