Strengthening primary care with the world health organization’s basic package of interventions for rehabilitation: developing a list of interventions and a clinical resource - Summary - MDSpire
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Enhancing Primary Care Through the WHO Basic Package of Rehabilitation Interventions: Creating an Intervention List and Clinical Resource

  • By

  • Abena Tannor

  • Dima Touhami

  • Antony Duttine

  • Alexandra Rauch

  • Pauline Kleinitz

  • Elanie Marks

  • Alarcos Cieza

  • Carla Sabariego

  • October 16, 2026

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Objective:

The article examines the objective, findings, and clinical context described in Enhancing Primary Care Through the WHO Basic Package of Rehabilitation Interventions: Creating an Intervention List and Clinical Resource.

Approach:
  • Purpose: The Basic PIR is intended to help primary care personnel without rehabilitation training provide essential rehabilitation when specialists are scarce or unavailable.
  • Development: The article reports a three-phase methodology; the supplied context describes Phase 1 as identifying rehabilitation interventions for primary care and establishing the foundation for Phase 2.
  • Resource design: The toolkit includes an intervention list, clinical resource, and implementation guide, with a decision-tree format to support clinical decision-making.
Key Findings:
  • The Basic PIR prioritizes interventions described as safe, evidence-based, and easy to learn.
  • The resource is designed for primary care settings where rehabilitation specialists are limited or unavailable.
Interpretation:

The article presents the Basic PIR as a WHO resource intended to support delivery of basic rehabilitation by primary care personnel without rehabilitation training.

Limitations:
  • The supplied context ends during the Methods section and does not provide the full development process, results, or evaluation findings.
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