Since the Rehabilitation 2030 initiative was launched in 2017, the world has experienced events that have profoundly impacted many lives and shifted health and economic priorities. The COVID-19 pandemic, as well as conflicts and disasters have fuelled a growing awareness of the urgent need to strengthen health systems. Responding to the Rehabilitation 2030 Call for Action is perhaps more important today than it ever has been, and necessitates a strong and united global effort across stakeholder groups, sectors, and professions.
Much has been achieved by the rehabilitation community in the last 6 years and key opportunities now exist for accelerating the Rehabilitation 2030 agenda and improving access to these services in countries. Notably, a common vision and strong and united global effort across stakeholder groups, sectors, and rehabilitation professions, have culminated in the adoption of the first ever resolution on "Strengthening Rehabilitation in Health Systems" at the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly.
As 2030 approaches, the 3rd Global Rehabilitation 2030 meeting is an opportunity to review progress of the Rehabilitation 2030 Call for Action so far, as well as to prepare and coordinate for the actions and approach requested by the resolution.
The specific objectives of the meeting are to:
- Acknowledge the resolution on "Strengthening Rehabilitation in Health Systems" adopted at the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly, and the actions requested
- Understand the approaches to driving the actions requested in the resolution and introduce the new WHO tools that will facilitate the implementation of the resolution in countries.
- Identify strategic opportunities to be harnessed in accelerating the Rehabilitation 2030 Call for Action.
- Launch the World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA).
Participants
The 3rd Global Rehabilitation 2030 meeting will include both in-person and virtual attendees, with representation from all rehabilitation stakeholder groups including senior officials and rehabilitation leaders from governments, rehabilitation service user groups, nongovernmental organizations and civil society, funding bodies, international professional associations, research institutions, and WHO along with other United Nations agencies and multilateral organizations.
Format
The 3rd Global Rehabilitation 2030 meeting will be an in-person event held at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and will be live streamed for virtual attendees.
Dates
10 July 2023 09:00–18:00 CEST
11 July 2023 09:00–17:00 CEST
followed by a concert by Ricky Kej and an evening reception on the occasion of the launch of the World Rehabilitation Alliance from 17:30 to 20:00 CEST.
Languages
The 3rd Global Rehabilitation 2030 meeting, and associated materials will be in English with live interpretation available in all six UN languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. Closed captioning will also be provided.
Registration
- To virtually attend the 3rd Global Rehabilitation 2030 meeting, click on the following registration Link.
- To virtually attend the launch of the World Rehabilitation Alliance on 11 July 2023, click on the following registration Link.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing joining details.
For more information, please contact rehabilitation@who.int
Photography
Please note that a professional photographer will take photos during the event. These photos will be used for the meeting report and social media. If you do not wish to be included in the photos, please notify us.
