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  1. Assistive technology - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Jan 2, 2024 · Assistive technology is an umbrella term for assistive products and their related systems and services. Assistive products help maintain or improve an individual’s functioning …

  2. Assistive technology - World Health Organization (WHO)

    May 7, 2025 · Assistive technology enables and promotes inclusion and participation, especially of persons with disability, aging populations, and people with non-communicable diseases. …

  3. Assistive technology - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Apr 5, 2023 · WHO defines assistive technology as the application of organized knowledge and skills related to assistive products, including systems and services. According to WHO’s …

  4. First ever global guide for assistive technology to improve the life …

    Mar 2, 2021 · In 2016, it issued the Priority assistive products list, a compilation of the 50 most essential assistive products, selected based on a survey done with persons living with …

  5. Global report on assistive technology - World Health Organization …

    May 15, 2022 · There is a large, unmet need for assistive technology worldwide. The Global Report on Assistive Technology was developed in response to the World Health Assembly …

  6. Public consultation on access to assistive technology

    Jan 2, 2024 · WHO and UNICEF are launching a public consultation to guide the content and scope of a Road map on accelerating access to assistive technology. We invite everyone …

  7. Assistive technology - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Assistive technology is the application of organized knowledge and skills related to assistive products, including systems and services. Assistive products maintain and improve individual …

  8. GATE Summit 2025: Accelerating access to assistive technology …

    May 6, 2025 · Dates to be confirmedGATE Summit 2025, initially scheduled for 7-8 May has been postponed. Hosted by WHO under the GATE Initiative and in collaboration with UNICEF, the …

  9. Ireland and WHO work together to improve access to assistive …

    May 17, 2024 · Ireland is becoming a global leader in the field of innovation in harnessing digital technologies as a tool to address various barriers for access to care. In alignment with WHO, …

  10. Assistive technology data portal - World Health Organization (WHO)

    The resolution on improving access to assistive technology (WHA71.8) urges all Member States to improve access to assistive technology and requests the World Health Organization (WHO) …