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Review
. 2019 Nov;30(4):757-768.
doi: 10.1016/j.pmr.2019.07.002. Epub 2019 Sep 5.

Rehabilitation in Africa

Sisay Gizaw Geberemichael  1 , Abena Yeboaa Tannor  2 , Tesfaye Berhe Asegahegn  3 , Asare B Christian  4 , Gloria Vergara-Diaz  5 , Andrew J Haig  6
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Review

Rehabilitation in Africa

Sisay Gizaw Geberemichael et al. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2019 Nov.

Abstract

In Africa, rehabilitation services are insufficient and marred with inadequate political commitments and collaborations of stakeholders. Infrastructures and expertise for rehabilitation are scarce and poorly coordinated. Community-based rehabilitation programs are fragmented and fractured and lack working partnership with rehabilitation services in health care systems. Locally responsive policy frameworks, service delivery models, and health governance practices are prerequisites for meeting rehabilitation needs of the ever-increasing number of persons with chronic disabling conditions. Concerted global efforts are required for equitable and accessible coordinated continuum of rehabilitation care at various levels of health services and the community in most Sub-Saharan African countries.

Keywords: Africa; Community-based rehabilitation; Disability research; Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation services.

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