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The Registrar of the Medical Rehabilitation Therapists Board of Nigeria, Prof. Rufai Yusuf-Ahmad, has said the board is set to develop an action plan for the integration of rehabilitation into Universal Health Coverage.
Yusuf-Ahmad in a statement also said the board and other relevant stakeholders would meet in Abuja to set in motion, mechanisms for the implementation of resolutions of the Rehabilitation 2030 Agenda.
“The meeting aims to bring significant changes to rehabilitation professionals’ practice, training, research and regulation through multidisciplinary planning and stakeholders’ engagement.
“We will also discuss the implementation of the Rehabilitation Competency Framework, Package of Interventions in Rehabilitation, as well as rehabilitation in the health system that was launched by the World Health Organisation,” he said.
He added that representatives of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, WHO, UNICEF, National Commission for People Living With Disability, health professionals and others will be at the meeting.
(NAN)
