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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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    Primary care is a key setting for rehabilitation, but services are often poorly integrated, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

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    The WHO developed the Basic Package of Interventions for Rehabilitation to expand access where rehabilitation specialists are scarce or unavailable.

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    The toolkit is designed for primary care personnel without rehabilitation training and includes an intervention list, clinical resource, and implementation guide.

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    The Basic Package prioritizes interventions intended to be safe, evidence-based, and easy to learn, with a decision-tree format supporting clinical decisions.

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    The article describes a participatory, three-phase process used to develop the intervention list and clinical resource.

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Strengthening primary care with the world health organization’s basic package of interventions for rehabilitation: developing a list of interventions and a 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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