Prosthetics and Orthotics
Project & Programme Guides
Project Guide
Supporting P&O Services in Low-Income Settings
A common approach for organizations implementing aid projects
Due to population growth, poverty, disease and violent conflict, the number of people who need rehabilitation services increases each year. Existing rehabilitation services do not come close to coping with this growing demand.
Thirty-five organizations and agencies collaborated to create a common approach to improve access for persons with disabilities to good quality prosthetics and orthotics services.
This approach will help promote the participation and inclusion in society by persons with disabilities, as is their right.
The Project Guide, and its companion document, the Programme Guide, are the results of these efforts.
Prosthetics and Orthotics Project Guide (PDF 213 Kb)
Programme Guide
Implementing P&O Services in Low-Income Settings
A guide for planners and providers of services for persons in need of orthopaedic devices
Providing Prosthetics and Orthotics (P&O) services is extremely challenging in low-income settings. Persons with disabilities throughout the world lack adequate access to local prosthetics and orthotics rehabilitation services, inhibiting their full inclusion in society.
Developed by 35 organizations and agencies, the Programme Guide provides a comprehensive approach for implementing P&O programmes — a summary of good practices built for the service user so that the maximum number of persons can access P&O devices.
Prosthetics and Orthotics Programme Guide (PDF 280 Kb)
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