We collaborate and maintain strategic partnerships with key stakeholders that recognise and support the important contribution of occupational therapy and global health and wellbeing.
We collaborate with many International Organisations including Humanity & Inclusion, International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics, World Confederation of Physical Therapy, International Society of Wheelchair Professionals to recognise and support the human rights of people with disabilities to live meaningful lives.
WFOT recognises the support of the independent and commercial sector in the development and promotion of our profession. For this reason, we acknowledge and welcome those organisations who choose to contribute to our beliefs and values to join us as a Contributing Member.
International Agencies with whom WFOT has contact
- CBM
- CBR Global Network
- Cochrane Collaboration
- Council for International Organisations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS)
- Conference on Non-Governmental Organisations (CONGO)
- Disabled Peoples International (DPI)
- Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
- Global Heath Network for Health Professionals (GHNHP)
- Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR)
- Global Rehabilitation Alliance (GRA)
- Humanity & Inclusion (HI)
- International Labour Organisation (ILO)
- International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO)
- International Society of Wheelchair Professionals (ISWP)
- International Spinal Cord Society (ISCI)
- Motivation
- United Nations (UN)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Disaster Relief Organisations (UNDRO)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisations (UNESCO)
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR)
- World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT)
- World Federation of United Nations Agencies (WFUNA)
- World Health Organisation (WHO)
WHO
WFOT has been in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO) since 1959 and we are proud of this legacy and continued interaction. Our work with WHO is formalised into a collaboration plan that states the agreed outputs of our joint partnership
Projects with WHO include:
Non Communicable Diseases
World Report on Ageing and Mental Health
World Report on Disability
Community Based Rehabilitation
Mental Health
Disability Research
Healthy Workplaces
Wheelchair Provision
Education
Global Cooperation on Assistive Health Technology (GATE)
WHO is part of the United Nations (UN) and as a result WFOT has a direct collaboration via the UN as a member of the DPI/NGO international network through its Global Compact agreement.
WFOT Statements
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2023
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Non-State Actors’ Statement on the occasion of the WHO 152nd Executive Board Meeting
World Rehabilitation Alliance
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2022
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WHO 73th session of the Regional Committee for Western Pacific - 24-28 October 2022
WHO 75th World Health Assembly - 22-28 May 2022
- Joint Statement to Agenda item 14.1: Follow-up to the political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
- Joint Statement to Agenda item 16.2: Strengthening WHO preparedness for and response to health emergencies
- Joint Statement to Agenda item 16.3: WHO’s work in health emergencies
WHO 150th Executive Board - 24-29 January 2022
- Joint Statement to Agenda Point 7: Political declaration of the third high- level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
- Joint Statement to Agenda Point 15.1: Strengthening WHO preparedness for and response to health emergencies
- Joint Statement to Agenda Point 15.3 - 15.5: WHO’s work in health emergencies / Global Health for Peace Initiative
Recordings of the delivery of the statements are accessible via this link.
Submission to the EU Commission
Joint statement on Universal Health Coverage
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2021
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WHO 148th Executive Board - 18-26 January 2021
World Health Day 2021
WHO 74th World Health Assembly - 24 May - 1 June 2021
WHO World Health Assembly Second Special Session - 29 November - 1 December 2021
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2020
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WHO Europe - Consultation on the European Programme of Work 2020
WHO 73rd World Health Assembly - 8-19 May 2020
WHO 70th session of the Regional Committee for Europe - 14-15 September 2020
- Joint Statement to agenda items 2 and 3 on the COVID-19 pandemic
- WFOT - Statement on the COVID-19 Pandemic
- WFOT - Statement on the Environment and Health
- WFOT - Statement on the European Programme of Work
- WFOT - Statement on Migrant Health
- WFOT - Statement on the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases
- WFOT - Statement on the implementation of the Physical Activity Strategy
- WFOT - Statement on the joint progress report on implementation of Strengthening People-Centred Health Systems in the WHO European Region
- WFOT- Statement on Healthy Ageing
WHO 71st Session of the Regional Office for the Western Pacific – 6-9 October 2020
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2019
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WHO 72nd World Health Assembly - Geneva, Switzerland - May 2019
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2018
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WHO 69th session of the Regional Committee for Western Pacific - Manila, Philippines - October 2018
WHO 68th session of the Regional Committee for Europe - Rome, Italy - September 2018
- Joint Statement on Agenda Item 5 (C): Advancing Public Health In The Who European Region For Sustainable Development
- Joint Statement on ‘Advancing public health for sustainable development in the WHO European Region’ - agenda point of the 68th session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Europe
- Joint Statement to the 68th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe on session 5 (e) Report on the WHO high-level meeting, Health Systems Respond to NCDs: Experience in the European Region (Sitges, Spain, 16–18 April 2018) and 5 (j) Report on the WHO high-level meeting, Health Systems for Prosperity and Solidarity: Leaving No One Behind (Tallinn, Estonia, 13–14 June 2018) and the draft resolution EUR/RC68/Conf.Doc./8 ‘Reaffirming commitment to health systems strengthening for universal health coverage, better outcomes and reduced health inequalities’.
- Joint Statement On Agenda Item 5 (I): Vaccine-Preventable Diseases And Immunization: Realizing The Full Potential Of The European Vaccine Action Plan 2015-2020
- Joint Oral Statement on EUR/RC68/13 Engagement with non-State actors: Accreditation of regional non-State actors not in official relations with WHO to attend meetings of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe
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2017
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WHO Rehabilitation 2030 - Geneva, Switzerland - February 2017
WHO 140th session of the Executive Board - Geneva, Switzerland - January 2017
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2016
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WHO 66th session of the Regional Committee for Europe - Copenhagen, Denmark - September 2016
- WFOT Statement in response to EUR/RC66/9: Action plan for the health sector response to HIV in the WHO European Region Provisional Agenda item 5(d)
- WFOT Statement in response to EUR/RC66/11: Action plan for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in the WHO European Region Provisional Agenda item 5(c)
- WFOT Statement in response to EUR/RC66/8: Strategy and action plan for refugee and migrant health in the WHO European Region Provisional Agenda item 5(f)
WHO 139th session of the Executive Board - Geneva, Switzerland - May 2016
WHO 138th session of the Executive Board - Geneva, Switzerland - January 2016
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2015
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WHO 65th session of the Regional Committee for Europe - Vilnius, Lithuania - September 2015
- WFOT Statement in response to EUR/RC65/9 Physical activity strategy for the WHO European Region 2016-2025
- WFOT Statement in response to EUR/RC65/11 Environment and health in the WHO European Region: progress, challenges and lessons learned
- Joint Statement on Agenda point 5a) Promoting intersectoral and interagency action for health and well-being in the WHO European Region
- Joint Statement on Agenda point 5c) Priorities for health systems strengthening in the WHO European Region 2015-2020: walking the talk on people centredness
- Joint Intervention of the IAPO, WFOT, ICM, WONCA Europe, ADI: WHO Reform, Framework for engagement with non-state actors (item 5g)
UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction - Sendai, Japan - March 2015
WHO 136th session of the Executive Board - Geneva, Switzerland - January 2015
- WFOT Statement in support of EB136/10 Update on the WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity
- WFOT Statement in support of Provisional Agenda Item 7.2 EB136/16 Health and the environment Climate and health: outcome of the WHO Conference on Health and Climate
- WFOT Statement in support of Provisional Agenda Item 10.2 EB136/28 WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel
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2014
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WHO 64th session of the Regional Committee for Europe - Copenhagen, Denmark - September 2014
- WFOT/COTEC's Statement in response to EUR/RC64/12 Investing in children: the European child and adolescent health strategy 2015-2020
- Joint Intervention from EPHA, IPPF, WCPT, WFOT: Statement to the 64th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, on the European Child and Adolescent Health Strategy 2015-2020
WHO 134th session of the Executive Board - Geneva, Switzerland - January 2014
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2012
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WHO 62th session of the Regional Committee for Europe - Malta - September 2012
- WFOT/COTEC Oral statement in response to Agenda item RC62 5(c) Policy & technical topics strategy & action plan for Healthy Ageing in Europe, 2012-2020
- WFOT Response to the Call on International nongovernmental organisations to support the Draft resolution on Strategy and action plan on healthy agein in Europe, 2012-2020
WHO Health 2020: a European Policy Framework supporting action across government and society for health and well-being