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Global Cooperation on Assistive Health Technology
a new Global Initiative of EMP/PHI
Assistive Health Technology (AHT)Knowledge & Science on Assistive Health Products (AHP)
Eyeglasses to supportive robots
Why AHT should be a priority areas for action?
Why a global initiative?
Changing public health scenario
Road Traffic Injuries (RTI)
Ageing
Communicable disease (CD)
Non-communicable disease (NCD)
20 Century 21 Century
EMP
Changing public health scenario
20 CenturyPreventing or treating a disease
21 CenturyIt is also about
healthy lives and well-being
Assistive Health
Products
Ageing, illness, death as realities of life – Buddha
More age – more chronic conditions/functional decline More Medical and Assistive Products
100
1000 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Age
Func
tion
Role of AHT
Active ageing
20 times growth opportunities
At least 2 billion products by 2050
2014
Only 1 in 10 can access assistive health products
Perceived as a small market
A handfulManufacturers
A handful professionals
Higher cost Higher status
Fragmented sector
10%access
Challenges related to AHT provision
What WHO is doing?Creating a global imitative to improve access to high-quality
affordable Assistive Health Technology (AHT) – opening the GATE
Relevance: Rights to Assistive Technology, as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities – Article 32 in particular, which asked for International cooperation to improve access
WHO Disability Action Plan 2014–2021 – Objective2. Improve access to assistive technologies that are safe, of good quality and affordable
WHO World Report on Ageing and Health - WHO Ageing Action Plan 2017–2022
1 of the 6 WHO's leadership priorities – improving access to medical/health Products
Proposed Sustainable Development Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
1st GATE meeting, Geneva, 3 & 4 July 2014
What WHO is doing?
66 external and 18 internal participants
Academia6
1. Work towards establishing GATE as WHO flagship programme
2. Create an advisory group and a forum of champions3. Discussion on AHT in the World Health Assembly /
World Economic Forum in 2016 4. 1st World Summit of AHT in 20165. Initiate a global survey to map the current scenario6. Identify 25 most essential assistive health products7. Develop a model of single-window comprehensive
service provision of Most Essential Assistive Health Products (MAP) at all levels of Health care system
Some concrete actions
A comprehensive 1 stop MAP package
Global Survey/ Consensus
• 25 Most essentialAssistiveHealthProducts(MAP)
MAP model
• Product profiles
•Procurement•Training
• Providers• Nurses• PHC
personnel• Caregivers• Users
Four working groups
WHAWEF
ASEMG20
ModelsTraining
Procure-mentStandards
Products-profileNewer-
productsService
Research agenda
Research work
Knowledge and technology are available
But only for 10% We want to improve this