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Our work with the World Health Organisation |
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Written by iassid admin damien
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Sunday, 21 June 2009 |
IASSID is in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO). We currently
have an agreed work plan that covers six areas.
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Supporting the development of the mental
health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP), especially in the area of intellectual
disability. mhGAP aims to scale up services for mental, neurological and substance
use disorders in low and middle income countries.
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Contributing to WHO work on estimation of Burden
of Diseases in the area of intellectual disabilities.
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Supporting the production, dissemination and use of the World
Report on Disability and Rehabilitation (to be published in 2010).
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Contributing to the revision of ICD-10
categories related to intellectual disability.
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Providing support for national and global efforts to promote health and rehabilitation
for persons with disabilities.
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Providing relevant material to WHO in the area of intellectual disability and
to disseminate WHO material to researchers in intellectual disability.
Publications arising from our previous work with WHO on ageing and intellectual disability are available at http://www.who.int/mental_health/resources/ageing/en/index.html.
Also, of direct interest to members of IASSID are the current WHO disease control priorities relating to intellectual disability http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2006/924156332X_eng.pdf.
To obtain more information on these WHO initiatives follow the above links.
To obtain more information on IASSID’s work in these areas contact Eric
Emerson.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 29 July 2009 )
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