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Germany Launches Groundbreaking Action Plan for Inclusive and Barrier-Free Healthcare

17 January 2025

Germany has taken a monumental step forward in its quest to ensure equitable healthcare access for all citizens. The Federal Ministry of Health, under the leadership of Prof. Karl Lauterbach, has introduced the "Action Plan for a Diverse, Inclusive, and Barrier-Free...

Zhang Haidi meets with President-elect of UN GA H.E. Professor Bande

11 July 2019 | Recent Reports, RI In The News

During the meeting with the UN GA president-elect, H.E. Professor Bande, Mme. Haidi extended her sincere congratulations on winning the election of the presidency of the next UN GA and said that RI applaud Prof. Bande for making poverty,...

Zhang Haidi meets UNGA President Espinosa Garcés

4 July 2019 | Recent Reports, RI In The News

Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International met H.E. María Fernanda EspinosaGarcés, president of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly in Beijing on June 20. Zhang welcomed the visit of Espinosa’s team stating that the United Nations (UN) has devoted...

Rehabilitation International Asia & Pacific Regional Conference 2019

3 July 2019 | Recent Reports

Rehabilitation International Asia and Pacific Regional Conference held in Macau SAR, China, from 26 to 28 June 2019, and hosted by the Fu Hong Society of Macau SAR, China. The theme of Rehabilitation International Asia Pacific Conference 2019 was "...

12th session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD

3 July 2019 | All news, From The Field, Newsletters, Position paper, Press Releases, Recent Reports, RI In The News

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted by the General Assembly by its resolution 61/106 of 13 December 2006. It came into force on 3 May 2008 upon the 20th ratification. Article 40 of the Convention stipulates that “The States...

The University of Rehabilitation inaugurated in East China

12 June 2019 | Recent Reports

Construction on the University of Rehabilitation, a higher education institution designed for cultivating rehabilitation talent, formally began on June 11th with an inauguration ceremony in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. The proposal of construction on the...

Lima 2019: Diego Quispe thankful to Para sports

31 May 2019 | Recent Reports

Peruvian powerlifter Diego Quispe knows the Parapan American Games will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him to compete at a major international Para sport competition on home soil in Lima. But beyond his sporting performance, the 20-year-old is excited by the...

World’s best set to line up at L’Hospitalet meeting

31 May 2019 | Recent Reports

World champions Markus Rehm, Aled Davies and Martina Caironi are among an elite field set to line up at the 14th International Meeting of L'Hospitalet in Spain on Sunday. Around 250 athletes from up to 12 countries are confirmed for the World Para Athletics ratified...

New lengths for Low in Nottwil

31 May 2019 | Recent Reports

The Swiss rain failed to dampen Australian Vanessa Low’s ambitions as she registered a massive world lead of 5.26m in the women’s long jump T61 on Saturday at the Nottwil Grand Prix. Low, who leapt a world record of 5.05m at the Dubai Grand Prix earlier this year,...

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