Experience of an Organization of Rehabilitation Professionals

in Africa

Challenges of the Sustainability of Physical Rehabilitation Sector Nepal – 28-29 January 2013

(International)Masse Niang (FATO President)

Isabelle Urseau (Scientific Committee President)

Summary Reminder of the FATO path FATO achievements FATO limits Current challenges (Survey and

National plans, Advisory Committee)

Perspectives

Reminder of context1. Lack of formal sharing of

experiences between orthoprothesists at national and regional levels;

2. Lack of continuing education of professionals;

3. Difficulty of access to information for professionals;

4. Lack of professional recognition by the various public health authorities of the majoritry of the african countries.

For several years: involvement of many international organizations in the offer of rehabilitation services which remain insufficient in regards to the expectations of the persons with disabilities

To coordinate the change into a national/action plan for the medium and long term

FATO, WHO, ICRC/SFD collaboration – few background

FATO path

Few achievements

Few achievements Organization every two years of

scientific meetings: Niamey in Niger in 2002 Lomé in Togo in 2004 Dakar in Senegal in 2005 Kigali in Rwanda in 2007 Hamamet in Tunisia in 2009 And Arusha in Tanzania in 2011

FATO limits

On going challengesSurvey and National plans

Interviewers, Kenya team

THANKS TO ALL PARTICIPANTS!

Limits and current challenges Quality of data base Missing data Internships Follow up of countries between

congresses

File rate(revision > 45%)

Limits and current challenges To strengthen, synthesize and organize the

collected data with the survey through relevance groups and key indicators• To link with the WHO World Report on Disability

recommendations

To shift from the data collection to the revision or development of national plans, and monitoring• Tchad example

Re mobilize participating countries and new ones to use the revised data base tools

Personnel in link with rehabilitation (weighted index – with basis 100)

- MD + specialized HR + benchworkers -

National commitment in social protection and rehabilitation

sectors - 2 new indicators -

National policiesSocial and Disability/Rehabilitation

Madagascar

Chad

Togo

Guinea Bissau

Cote D'Ivoire

Congo (Brazzaville)

Liberia

Burundi

Niger

Cape VerdeCongo (Kinshasa)

Sierra Leone

Rwanda

Cameroon

Benin

Guinea

Burkina Faso

Zambia

Senegal

Namibia

Mauritania

Gabon

Zimbabwe

Uganda

Mali

Kenya Tanzania

Sudan

Algeria

Politiques nationalesEn matière de social et de handicap / réadaptation

Social

Handicap/réadaptation

Elaboration of Countries, HR, Mapping of services cards

New synthesis

VI FATO International congressNext congress in Ivory Coast in September 2013.

Addressing barriers to development of rehabilitation: Good practices for the national plans

On going challenges

Advisory Committee

Perspectives Observatory of practices in the

health/rehabilitation field in Africa…???

ISPO 2015 in France ISPO 2017!!!!!! South Africa First congress of African

confederation of rehabilitation professionals

OMS

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