| | From the President and Secretary General WCPT provides resources and links on its website that give reliable information about the profession and health issues around the world, thereby supporting the work of our member organisations. For example, from the profile page of each member organisation you will find links to WHO's health statistics and non communicable disease profile for that country. Because the information is presented in a consistent way it is possible to compare the situation across countries. The most recent addition to the resources on the member organisation profile pages is information gathered through WCPT's data collection project. Reliable information about the profession has been sought from member organisations and is now available on many of their pages on WCPT's website (see the country profile tab). This is an ongoing project and we hope that all member organisations will have a profile page in due course. However, it is already serving as a valuable resource in developing a profile of physical therapy around the world. If you have any questions about this work contact Catherine Sykes csykes@wcpt.org. 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. Send us your photographs! As part of our World Physical Therapy Day celebrations, WCPT launched a photo competition on 7th September.
We are looking for entries which capture the day's Movement for Health theme, showing the importance of physical activity and the contribution the profession makes to keeping populations well, mobile and independent.
All entries must be submitted electronically (as a JPEG photograph) with the original artwork created in one of the following forms: - photography
- painting
- drawing
All images should be taken at the best quality available (preferably 300dpi). If a photograph of a drawing or painting is being submitted, the artwork must be clearly visible and well lit.
The competition is open to physical therapists and their patients. A maximum of 3 entries may be submitted by any one individual.
The closing date for the competition is 5th December 2012. Please email entries (or direct any enquiries) to info@wcpt.org. For full details of the competition go to www.wcpt.org/photo-competition. World Physical Therapy Day We have already received many reports of the activities and events you held to celebrate World Physical Therapy Day 2012. If you haven't let us know how you celebrated the day, don't forget to email us your report and photos to info@wcpt.org. We can also add any videos you may have to the WCPT YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/thewcpt. You can see some of the photographs we have received in the WCPT photo gallery at www.wcpt.org/gallery. Full reports will be added to the WCPT website over the next few weeks. WCPT congress papers in Physiotherapy journal Capture the Facture is a global campaign developed by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) to facilitate the implementation of coordinated, multi-disciplinary models of care for secondary fracture prevention. IOF believes this is the single most important thing that can be done to directly improve patient care and reduce spiraling fracture related healthcare costs worldwide. The campaign aims to: - raise awareness of coordinator-based, post-fracture systems for preventing second fractures
- provide internationally endorsed standards for best practice
- facilitate change at a national level
It will do this by: - developing a best practice framework
- organising an international coalition of partners and endorsers
- developing a website and interactive map to house all information
- creating and sharing implementation guides and toolkits
- marketing and communicating the campaign globally
- piloting a grant program for developing systems
To find out more about the campaign go to www.iofbonehealth.org/capture-fracture. WHO and UNICEF: new discussion paper This month WHO and UNICEF jointly produced Early Childhood Development and Disability: a discussion paper. It aims to stimulate discussion, planning and action on issues related to disability, early childhood development and related interventions. The paper provides an overview of disability in early childhood and highlights the importance of providing opportunities during this period to ensure children with disabilities can reach their development potential and participate meaningfully in their home, schools and communities. The evidence presented underscores the urgent need to strengthen and scale up early childhood development initiatives for young children with disabilities and their families. Access the paper at http://tinyurl.com/bs5kqwb. The latest issue of the United Nations Enable Newsletter is now available online at www.un.org/disabilities. Articles include: - details on this year's theme for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3rd December
- final review of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons
- report from a workshop focussing on disability inclusion in HIV policy at the 2012 International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC
- call for papers on violence and disability
International conference on violence IFOMPT Conference 2012: the final programme is now available for the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists (IFOMPT) Congress being held in Quebec City, Canada from the end of this week, 30th September - 5th October 2012. Registration is now only available onsite. www.ifomptconference.org
WCPT European Region: register now for the Physiotherapy Education Congress 2012 to 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 | | | |
