ISPRM-WHO-Liaison Committee (ISPRM-WHO-LC)

  • Chair: Carlotte Kiekens
  • President’s Cabinet Liaison & WHO Focal Point: Francesca Gimigliano
  • Secretary: Vanessa Seijas
  • Advisor: Christoph Gutenbrunner
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Scope of the ISPRM-WHO-Liaison Committee

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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 13th 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 Member Country Role
Carlotte Kiekens
Belgium
Chair
Vanessa Seijas
Colombia
Secretary
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
Walter Frontera 
Puerto Rico
Representative for WHO-PAHO
Raju Dhakal 
Nepal
Representative for WHO-SEARO
Emna Toulgui 
Túnez
Representative for WHO-EMRO
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

 

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