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Wheelchair provision guidelines [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023.

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Abbreviations and acronyms

ATscale

Global Partnership for Assistive Technology

APL

Assistive products list

CBR

Community-based rehabilitation

ERG

External Review Group

GATE

Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology

GDG

Guideline Development Group

GRADE

grading of recommendations, assessment, development, and evaluations

ISPO

International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics

ISWP

International Society of Wheelchair Professionals

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

LMIC

low- and middle-income country

PICO

person, intervention, comparator, outcome

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

TAP

Training in assistive products

UHC

Universal health coverage

UN

United Nations

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

WEP

wheelchair educators’ package

WHO

World Health Organization

WIN

Wheelchair International Network

WTSP

wheelchair service training packages

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