Assistive devices and technologies

• Joint Position paper on the provision of mobility devices in less resourced settings (2011)

Guidelines on the provision of manual wheelchairs in less-resourced settings

• Link to the Guidelines in English, French and Spanish

Report on the consensus conference on wheelchairs for developing countries

• Link to the report

Guidelines for training personnel in developing countries for prosthetic and orthotic services (2005)

This document presents the tasks for various types of personnel in the area of prosthetics and orthotics services, and provides guidelines for their training.

• English [pdf 722kb]
• Chinese
• French

Prosthetics and orthotics services in developing countries: a discussion document (1999)

This document is to serve as a background paper for discussion on prosthetics and orthotics services among staff concerned with this work in developing countries.

• English [pdf 2.11Mb]