Chair: Merce Avellanet Viladomat
President’s Cabinet Liaison & WHO Focal Point: Gerard Francisco
Secretary: Antimo Moretti
Advisors: Carlotte Kiekens, Abena Tannor, Christoph Gutenbrunner

Scope of the ISPRM-WHO-Liaison Committee

Since 1999 ISPRM has held an official relationship with the WHO as a non-State actor and collaborated with the Disability and Rehabilitation (DAR) team. This includes the participation of ISPRM in WHO meetings and collaboration in the network of WHO partners. As a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), ISPRM has to contribute substantially to WHO activities according to agreed and accepted collaboration plans.

The current collaboration plan between WHO and ISPRM contributes to the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals, especially goal 3 (Health) focusing on persons with disabilities, and persons who have short- or long-term disabling health conditions. The collaboration plan will concentrate on the implementation and dissemination of WHO tools that contribute to the integration of rehabilitation in universal health coverage. The activities align with the 13^th General Programme of Work, specially with achieving universal health coverage and promoting healthier populations. ISPRM will contribute, under WHO’s leadership and guidance, to achieving the goals of the “Rehabilitation 2030: A call for action”, the WHO Global Disability Action Plan 2014-2021 and the World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution on improving access to assistive technology.

.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Merce Avellanet Viladomat Antimo Moretti	Andorra Italy	Chair Secretary
Gerard E Francisco	USA	Presidents cabinet liaison and WHO focal point
Carlotte Kiekens	Belgium	Advisor
Abena Tannor	Ghana	Advisor
Christoph Gutenbrunner	Germany	Advisor
Mauro Zampolini	Italy	Representative for WHO-EURO
Sinforian Kambou	Cameroon	Representative for WHO-AFRO
Reynaldo Rey-Mattias	Philippines	Representative for WHO-WPRO
Luz Helena Lugo	Colombia	Representative for WHO-PAHO Representative to the Primary Care Workstream of the World Rehabilitation Alliance
Walter Frontera	Puerto Rico	Representative for WHO-PAHO
Raju Dhakal	Nepal	Representative for WHO-SEARO
Emna Toulgui	Túnez	Representative for WHO-EMRO
Vanessa Seijas	Colombia	Representative to the Primary Care Workstream of the World Rehabilitation Alliance
Maria Gabriella Ceravolo	Italy	Representative to the Workforce Workstream of the World Rehabilitation Alliance
Gwen Sowa	US	Representative to the Workforce Workstream of the World Rehabilitation Alliance
Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen	Sweden	Representative to the Research Workstream of the World Rehabilitation Alliance
Ian Cameron	Australia	Representative to the Research Workstream of the World Rehabilitation Alliance
Farooq Rathore	Pakistan	Representative to the Emergencies Workstream of the World Rehabilitation Alliance
Carolina Schiappacasse	Argentina	Representative to the Emergencies Workstream of the World Rehabilitation Alliance
Gerold Stucki	Switzerland	Member
Wouter de Groote	Belgium	Member
Abderrazak Hajjioui	Morocco	Member
Bhasker Amatya	Australia	Member
Brenda Saria Yuliawiratman	Malaysia	Member
Leon Chandler	USA	Member
Ana Maria Posada	Colombia	Member
Manimalar Selvi Naicker	Malaysia	Member
Mario Alonso Giraldo	Colombia	Member
Nitin Jain	USA	Member
Paolo Capodaglio	Italy	Member
Rashidah Ismail	Malaysia	Member
Nora Newcomb	US	Member
Marta Supervía	Spain	Member
Steven Faux	Australia	Member
Mary Elizabeth Nelson	US	Member
Kimia Zarabian	US/Iran	Member
Abhinav Singh	India	Member
Alyssa Mixon	US	Member
David Burke	US	Member