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Importance of Community Based Rehabilitation

In a good move India hosted the First Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) World Congress– the first ever global meeting on community-based rehabilitation for differently-abled persons.The three-day event was held at Agra from November 26 and adopted a global strategy on CBRand establish a global CBR network. Around 1,200 delegates from more than 85 countries par-ticipated in the Congress.

The theme of the World Congress was “Community Based Rehabilitation: The Key to RealisingConvention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities” and the agenda included Community BasedRehabilitation and Convention on Rights of the People with Disabilities, CBR and MillenniumDevelopment Goals, extending the reach of CBR, human rights and development and inclusionand participation of persons with disabilities.

What is CBR

It is promoted by World Health Organization(WHO). Community-based rehabilitation (CBR)focuses on enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities through the combined effortsof people with disabilities, their families, organizations and communities, relevant governmentand non-government health, education, vocational, social and other services.

In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s and 1990s numerous pilot projects were launched indeveloping countries in Africa, Asia and to a lesser extent in Latin America under the aegis ofCBR. Than it has evolved to become a multi-sectoral strategy that empowers persons with dis-abilities to access and benefit from education, employment, health and social services.

Definitely such type of global meet helps society to understand the current trends in CBR,

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