Asociación de Fisioterapeutas del Uruguay: WCPT E-Update

August 2015

	Celebrate World Physical Therapy Day!
	Join the World PT Day tweet chat
	Call for ER-WCPT Congress 2016: abstract reviewers
	Post-2015 development framework and NCDs
	World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion

Celebrate World Physical Therapy Day!

With just over a week left until World Physical Therapy Day on 8th September, here are some last minute ideas to mark the day:

· publish this week's World Physical Therapy Day press release: www.wcpt.org/wptday-press

· spread the word via Facebook and Twitter - see suggestions at: www.wcpt.org/wptday-social

· print our ready-made "Fulfilling potential" posters and leaflet to display in your work place: www.wcpt.org/wptday-posters

· add a Movement for Health web ad to your website: www.wcpt.org/wptday-logos

For more last minute ideas take a look at the activities that took place to celebrate the day last year www.wcpt.org/wptday14. Access the full World Physical Therapy Day toolkit at: www.wcpt.org/wptday-toolkit

Good luck with all your activities and we look forward to receiving your photos and brief reports (send to info@wcpt.org).

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Join the World PT Day tweet chat

#worldptday twitter hashtag

Physiotalk, the website and blog which facilitates discussion on physical therapy practice and ideas, will be holding a "tweet chat" to mark World Physical Therapy Day on Monday 7th September at 8pm BST.

The discussion will take place via Twitter. It will explore this year's "Fulfilling potential" message and what it means as a healthcare professional, patient, carer, parent and/or family member. To join the chat follow @physiotalk and the hashtag #worldptday. Find out more about the topics to be covered at bit.ly/1VdxxlY.

Last year's World PT Day tweet chat was fast and furious with 1,311,277 impressions, 780 tweets and 111 participants.

Call for ER-WCPT Congress 2016: abstract reviewers

The ER-WCPT Scientific Committee is now recruiting potential reviewers of platform and poster abstract submissions for the 2016 ER-WCPT congress in Liverpool (11th – 12th November 2016).

If you have experience in reviewing abstracts and a track record of publications and/or presentations, please respond to the survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/P3BYK2X. Please note that you must be available to review abstracts between 7th and 23rd March. It is anticipated that no reviewer will receive more than 20 abstracts.

For further information about the congress go to www.liverpool2016.com

The ER-WCPT Congress is:
Organised by ER-WCPT

Hosted by CSP

In collaboration with ENPHE

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Post-2015 development framework and NCDs

Image for Sustainable Development Summit 2015

Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the final post-2015 development agenda. The document contains five parts, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their targets. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are included as standalone target.

With a final draft now agreed, the next and final step will be for Heads of State/Government to formally adopt the agenda at a UN Summit, to be held 25th - 27th September.

Access the full document at: sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015

Summit sessions will be webcast at: webtv.un.org/

World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion

The call for abstracts is now open for the 12th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion: Safety 2016.

Co-sponsored by the World Health Organization, and hosted by the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare, Safety 2016 addresses a broad range of violence and injury prevention topics, including emerging issues in the field. The conference will be held from 18th - 21st September 2016 in Tampere, Finland.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is 1st November 2015. For further information go to www.thl.fi/safety2016.

Image for Safety 2016 conference