| | From the President and Secretary General Discussions at international UN and WHO level meetings can seem distant from the front line of service delivery. However, attendance at recent meetings where there was increasing reference to issues of great concern to physical therapists including the determinants of health, non-communicable diseases and their risk factors, prevention and physical activity was a reminder that they are relevant to us all. They are a call for us to make people more aware of physical therapy's role in helping people be healthy. Physical therapists can promote health not just by providing services but also by participating in dialogue and action to transform health service delivery and find new opportunities to collaborate with other health professions, communities, government and business. For more information on global health go to: http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-health and http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2012/wha65/en/ 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. World Physical Therapy Day Watch out in June for the brand new materials for World Physical Therapy Day 2012. Within the Movement for Health theme, this year we are introducing a campaign message: Fit for life. New materials will include: - new World Physical Therapy Day logo
- ready-to-print posters and flyers (aimed at patients and the public)
- ready-to-print banners
- World Physical Therapy Day booklet with all the information you need about what to do, how to do it and how to get noticed
- booklet of clinical resources for physical therapists with information and references about the profession's impact on non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
- article from the WCPT President
- e-card for you to send with a personalised message to your friends and colleagues to promote your own events
All materials will be made freely available for download from the WCPT website at www.wcpt.org/wptday. Mark the 8th September in your calendar and start planning now! The World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA) has launched a new website around its campaign Together making a difference against NCDs, www.whpa-ncdcampaign.org. The site includes an interactive version of the previously published Health Improvement Card and key messages on how to improve lifestyles. Materials aimed at patients and the public are available for download in English and Spanish. WCPT is a member of WHPA, along with four other international health bodies representing nurses, physicians, pharmacists and dentists. World Health Statistics 2012 WHO's annual compilation of health-related data for its 194 member states is now available. It includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and associated targets. This year, it also includes highlight summaries on the topics of non-communicable diseases, universal health coverage and civil registration coverage. Access the PDF summary brochure: Access the PDF full report: An additional WHO Fact sheet, Progress on the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), is available at www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs290/en/index.html. Two WCPT subgroups, the International Private Practice Association (IPPA) and the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists (IFOMPT), have announced an exciting new partnership for the upcoming IFOMPT 2012 Conference to be held in Quebec City, Canada from 30th September to 5th October. Scott Thomson, the Chair of IPPA, has committed to bring an internationally renowned speaker, Dr Stuart Gowland, to the conference. Dr Gowland is a pioneer in the field of providing mobile surgical services to New Zealanders via a specialist mobile operating theatre bus that travels around the rural areas of the country. The IPPA will also be holding their regional meeting at the conference and hosting some focused business sessions for delegates. Early bird registration for this multi-focused international event has now been extended to 4th June, so if you haven't already registered please visit www.ifomptconference.org. Decade of Action for Road Safety One year on, the global commitment to the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 intensifies. On 11 May 2011, the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 was launched in more than 100 countries, with one goal: to prevent five million road traffic deaths globally by 2020. Moving from the Global Plan for the Decade to national action, many countries have taken significant concrete measures towards improving road safety. The recent UN General Assembly resolution on global road safety sponsored by more than 80 countries gives further impetus to the Decade by calling on countries to implement road safety activities in each of the five pillars of the Global Plan. For further information and to read the one-year progress update go to www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/en/. Masters fellowships in disability policy Fellowships are now available for the world's first virtual Masters in disability policy. The Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP) is currently accepting applications for the world's first virtual Masters degree in disability studies and public policy. Fifteen full fellowships will be awarded by The Nippon Foundation, with preference given to students from the ASEAN region who are blind, deaf, and/or mobility impaired. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the 2012 cohort has been filled. "Through a network of outstanding universities and accessible e-learning techniques, we enable students to become leaders of international disability policy in the public, private, and NGO sectors," states Dr Derrick L Cogburn, IDPP/COTELCO Executive Director. Led by COTELCO and generously funded by The Nippon Foundation, the IDPP is a partnership network among nine academic institutions and two outreach partners. For more information, please visit the website http://aseanidpp.org/. WCPT Africa Region: to register for the 9th WCPT Africa Congress taking place next week go to www.ksphy.org/conference. The congress will be held in Nairobi, Kenya 6th - 9th June 2012.
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: the closing date for registration at the early bird rate for the Physiotherapy Education Congress 2012 is 30th June. The congress will be held in Vienna, Austria 8th - 9th November 2012. http://congress2012.physioaustria.at.
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 | | | |
