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Only 10% of the people who are in need of assistive products actually have access to them, despite such access being claimed to be a human right. An assistive product is any product (including devices, equipment, instruments, and software), either specially designed or produced or generally available, whose primary purpose is to maintain or improve an individual’s functioning and independence and thereby promote their well being. Common examples of assistive products are spectacles, hearing aids, wheelchairs, prosthetic, communication boards, incontinence products, pill organizers, and therapeutic footwear. Assistive products can improve the quality of life for people with impairments, including the extent of their inclusion and participation in society. The Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE) is a program launched by World Health Organization (WHO) to promote Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology.<ref name=":0">Boot FH, Dinsmore J, Khasnabis C, MacLachlan M. Intellectual disability and assistive technology: opening the GATE wider. Frontiers in public health. 2017 Feb 22;5:10.</ref> In addition to promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative services, the concept of assistive service need to be embrace with a longer-living global population, WHO has responded to this challenge by establishing the Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE), seeking to remove barriers and to open the metaphorical gate to overcoming activity limitations, and facilitating inclusion and participation in society. Assistive technology systems is define as the development and application of organized knowledge, skills, procedures, and policies relevant to the provision, use, and assessment of assistive products.<ref>Khasnabis C, Mirza Z, MacLachlan M. Opening the GATE to inclusion for people with disabilities. The Lancet. 2015 Dec 5.</ref> | Only 10% of the people who are in need of assistive products actually have access to them, despite such access being claimed to be a human right. An assistive product is any product (including devices, equipment, instruments, and software), either specially designed or produced or generally available, whose primary purpose is to maintain or improve an individual’s functioning and independence and thereby promote their well being. Common examples of assistive products are spectacles, hearing aids, wheelchairs, prosthetic, communication boards, incontinence products, pill organizers, and therapeutic footwear. Assistive products can improve the quality of life for people with impairments, including the extent of their inclusion and participation in society. The Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE) is a program launched by World Health Organization (WHO) to promote Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology.<ref name=":0">Boot FH, Dinsmore J, Khasnabis C, MacLachlan M. Intellectual disability and assistive technology: opening the GATE wider. Frontiers in public health. 2017 Feb 22;5:10.</ref> In addition to promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative services, the concept of assistive service need to be embrace with a longer-living global population, WHO has responded to this challenge by establishing the Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE), seeking to remove barriers and to open the metaphorical gate to overcoming activity limitations, and facilitating inclusion and participation in society. Assistive technology systems is define as the development and application of organized knowledge, skills, procedures, and policies relevant to the provision, use, and assessment of assistive products.<ref>Khasnabis C, Mirza Z, MacLachlan M. Opening the GATE to inclusion for people with disabilities. The Lancet. 2015 Dec 5.</ref> | ||
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On 23 September 2013, at a side event of the High-level meeting of the General Assembly on disability and development, New York, United States of America, Key stakeholders requested WHO to develop and coordinate a global initiative to realize the obligations of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities towards increasing access to assistive technology. | |||
In response to this, WHO organized a key stakeholders meeting in Geneva on 3 and 4 July 2014 and established a global initiative: the Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE). This is in partnership with stakeholders who represent international organizations, donor agencies, professional organizations, academia, and user groups.<ref>World Health Organization. Global cooperation on assistive technology (GATE). World Health Organization, Geneva. 2014.</ref> | |||
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Only 10% of the people who are in need of assistive products actually have access to them, despite such access being claimed to be a human right. An assistive product is any product (including devices, equipment, instruments, and software), either specially designed or produced or generally available, whose primary purpose is to maintain or improve an individual’s functioning and independence and thereby promote their well being. Common examples of assistive products are spectacles, hearing aids, wheelchairs, prosthetic, communication boards, incontinence products, pill organizers, and therapeutic footwear. Assistive products can improve the quality of life for people with impairments, including the extent of their inclusion and participation in society. The Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE) is a program launched by World Health Organization (WHO) to promote Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology.[1] In addition to promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative services, the concept of assistive service need to be embrace with a longer-living global population, WHO has responded to this challenge by establishing the Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE), seeking to remove barriers and to open the metaphorical gate to overcoming activity limitations, and facilitating inclusion and participation in society. Assistive technology systems is define as the development and application of organized knowledge, skills, procedures, and policies relevant to the provision, use, and assessment of assistive products.[2]
Background[edit | edit source]
On 23 September 2013, at a side event of the High-level meeting of the General Assembly on disability and development, New York, United States of America, Key stakeholders requested WHO to develop and coordinate a global initiative to realize the obligations of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities towards increasing access to assistive technology.
In response to this, WHO organized a key stakeholders meeting in Geneva on 3 and 4 July 2014 and established a global initiative: the Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE). This is in partnership with stakeholders who represent international organizations, donor agencies, professional organizations, academia, and user groups.[3]
Objectives[edit | edit source]
- GATE program is to improve access to high quality, affordable assistive technology for people with varying disabilities, diseases, and age-related conditions.[1]
- GATE develop assistive products list; a list of priority assistive products based on addressing the greatest need at population level.[1][1]
Framework[edit | edit source]
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References [edit | edit source]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Boot FH, Dinsmore J, Khasnabis C, MacLachlan M. Intellectual disability and assistive technology: opening the GATE wider. Frontiers in public health. 2017 Feb 22;5:10.
- ↑ Khasnabis C, Mirza Z, MacLachlan M. Opening the GATE to inclusion for people with disabilities. The Lancet. 2015 Dec 5.
- ↑ World Health Organization. Global cooperation on assistive technology (GATE). World Health Organization, Geneva. 2014.
