| | From the President and Secretary General Every May the World Health Assembly (WHA) takes place at WHO headquarters in Geneva. Delegations from WHO's member states discuss a wide range of health related matters and this year prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) will be high on the agenda. As NGOs in official relations with WHO, WCPT and the other members of the World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA) will be present during the assembly making sure that the views of health professionals are represented. WHPA's NCD health improvement card and tool kit have been well received internationally as a practical and useful tool in raising awareness of NCDs and the role of health professionals. Such tools and the presence of WCPT with WHPA members at international events reinforce the strength and value of the collective voice. Kind regards
Marilyn Moffat and Brenda J Myers If you would like to use all or part of this e-letter for your own newsletters/websites then please feel free. We need your assistance to reach the profession around the world, so please send this e-update to your members. If you missed our announcements last week with the dates for the WCPT World Physical Therapy Congress 2015, it will be held on 1st - 4th May 2015 - so mark your calendars now! If you are not already signed-up to receive our e-letter Congress update, register on the WCPT website now to receive all the latest congress information as and when it is announced www.wcpt.org/user/register. Have you previously volunteered to be on WCPT's database of experts? WCPT is currently reviewing this database to ensure its accuracy and usefulness to organisations seeking physical therapist expertise. The current database has more than 450 experts registered. However, some of the registrations are incomplete and some may be out of date. If you have previously registered as an expert please check your entry and thereby confirm that you wish to remain on the database. Please note that any incomplete entries will be deleted at the end of May. To check your entry use your usual login on the WCPT website at www.wcpt.org/user/login and click on the Experts database tab. If you are interested in volunteering your time and expertise to develop the profession internationally, find out how you could help at www.wcpt.org/experts. World Health Organization CBR global database: with community-based rehabilitation (CBR) being practiced in more than 90 countries of the world, WHO has taken the initiative to create a global database. Physical therapists who are CBR implementers and practitioners are encouraged to assist WHO to develop this global database by completing a web-based data collection form. The data submitted to the global database will be openly available on the WHO Disability and Rehabilitation web pages. The CBR global database will facilitate greater exchange of knowledge and information among the CBR community. WHO will use this global database to update enlisted members on the Organization's activities related to disability and rehabilitation with a specific focus on CBR. All submissions to the global database are the views of the respective organisations or individuals providing the information and are not verified by WHO. The form may be accessed at www.who.int/disabilities/cbr/global_database_form/en/index.html. Invitation to contribute artwork: can you create an image which reflects the global needs and rights of people with spinal cord injury? WHO is presently seeking an image for the cover of a major international report, International perspectives on spinal cord injury. This image could be a drawing, painting, photograph or other image, either abstract or representational, which draws attention to people living with spinal cord injury. For more information go to http://who.int/disabilities/media/news/2012/23_03/en/index.html. Third International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector: the preliminary programme and call for poster abstracts has recently been published, www.oudconsultancy.nl/vancouver/violence/submissionguidel.html. Submission deadline is 1st August 2012. The conference is taking place in Vancouver, Canada, 24th - 26th October 2012. 22nd Rehabilitation International World Congress: the congress is organised every four years for the social inclusion and implementation of rights for persons with disabilities. It seeks to provide a forum for the exchange of experience and information on research and practice regarding various disability issues on international and regional levels. To submit a paper and for more information go to www.riincheon2012.org/world/. Submission deadline for abstracts is 31st May. The conference is taking place in Korea, 29th October - 11th November 2012. Implementing inclusive education The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires the development of an inclusive education system for all. This revised and expanded second edition of Implementing Inclusive Education examines the adoption of the Convention and provides examples, both through illustrated case studies and on the accompanying DVDs, of how inclusive education systems for all children have been established in pockets throughout the Commonwealth and beyond. Inclusion in education is a process of enabling all children to learn and participate effectively within mainstream school systems, without segregation. It is about shifting the focus from altering disabled people to fit into society to transforming society, and the world, by changing attitudes, removing barriers and providing the right support For further information or to order a copy go to http://tinyurl.com/7s255f8. WCPT Africa Region: to register for the 9th WCPT Africa Congress go to www.ksphy.org/conference/. Taking place in Nairobi, Kenya 6th - 9th June 2012, the theme for the congress is Moving Physiotherapy Forward in Africa with the sub theme The Burden of Chronic Modern Non-Communicable Diseases. WCPT South America Region: the preliminary programme of the South America Region Congress is now available at http://wcptsar2012.jimdo.com/programa-preliminar/. The congress will take place in Margarita Island, Venezuela 5th - 8th September 2012. WCPT European Region: register at the early bird rate for the Physiotherapy Education Congress 2012 in Vienna, Austria 8th - 9th November 2012. http://congress2012.physioaustria.at/. IFOMPT Conference 2012: the conference of the WCPT subgroup, the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists (IFOMPT), will be held in Quebec City, Canada from 30th September - 5th October 2012. Register now at www.ifomptconference.org. WCPT AWP Region: the Fifth Asia Western Pacific Regional Congress will be held in Taichung, Taiwan, 6th - 9th September 2013. Please email wcpt.awp@physiotherapy.asn.au for further details. INFORMATIONIf you are unable to access our website using the links within this email, you may need to copy and paste the hyperlinks directly into your internet browser. If you have problems reading this email please follow the link below for help. www.wcpt.org/eupdate | | | |
