In this new report, ATscale describes the enormous gains that access to assistive technology (AT) can have in health, for the community and the economy. The figures are dramatic: investment in the provision of four assistive products – hearing aids, prostheses, eyeglasses, and wheelchairs – will result in a return on investment of 9:1.
Framework to implement a life course approach in practice
A life course approach addresses newborns, children, adolescents, adults, older people and the next generation. It contributes to longer, healthier lives by optimizing health trajectories across the life course, increasing people’s health capacities in each life stage, and enabling people’s well-being. This framework, across five sections, considers how to put a life course approach into practice. It integrates the provision of assistive products at each step.
Details
Publisher Name:
World Health Organization (WHO)
Publisher Website:
https://www.who.int/
Publication Year:
2025
Languages:
English
Categories:
Standard or framework
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