Join Global Partnership for Assistive Technology
At the Seventy-first World Health Assembly, Member States unanimously passed a resolution to improve access to assistive technology. The Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE) initiative of WHO has already developed a GATE community consisting of 1084 individual/organization members, including international organizations, donor agencies, professional organizations, academic institutions and user groups. This community and WHO are available for the Global Partnership for Assistive Technology to improve access to high-quality, affordable, assistive products for everyone, everywhere.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
In partnership; especially with the involvement of user groups including disabled peoples’ organizations, WHO will develop the first Global Report on Access to Assistive Technology in 2021. WHO will submit a global status report on access to assistive technology every four years until 2030. WHO will collect data, develop the training packages, involve in market shaping of priority assistive products and support countries to develop policies and programmes for appropriate sustainable assistive technology service provision.