Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) _Nusrat Zerin_PPT.pptx

Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) approach for the inclusion of Persons with Disabilities

1. Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) of persons with disabilities March 20, 2023 Nusrat Zerin AGM & Technical Lead, Disability Programme, Inclusive Citizenship Friendship

2. Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) strategy Delivery of basic services to persons with disabilities within their community, including all services necessary to improve the participation and functioning in daily activity CBR concept was first initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO) following the International Conference on Primary Health Care in 1978  2

3. Key Principles of CBR Inclusion Participation Empowerment Equity Self-advocacy Facilitation Gender sensitivity and special needs Partnerships Sustainability 3

4. Key disability issues: Accessibility Changing the disabling environment into disability friendly environment Mainstreaming and social inclusion Education Skill development, capacity building Employment & livelihood Culture Sports 4

5. Latest concept: Community Based Inclusive Development (CBID) Ensures persons with disabilities are respected and included in their communities on an equal basis in all areas of life. P eople centred , community driven and human rights based approach. 5

6. Issues/ Problems/ Challenges-2 6

7. Thanks 7