• Assistive technology for older persons – analyses of data from WHO's rapid assistive technology assessment 

      Eide, Arne Henning; Muller, Sebastien; Khasnabis, Chapal; Borg, Johan; Blakstad, Mats; Mannan, Hasheem; Antypas, Konstantinos; Loeb, Mitchelle; Zhang, Wei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      With a growing population of older persons globally, the need for mainstream assistive technology (AT) as well as assistive technology specifically intended for older persons is on the increase. The association between age ...
    • Barriers for Accessing Assistive Products in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) 

      Eide, Arne Henning; Muller, Sébastien; Zhang, Wei; Khasnabis, Chapal; Antypas, Konstantinos; Blakstad, Mats; Borg, Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      WHO implemented the Rapid Assistive Technology Assessment in 2021. This is a household survey on self-reported use, need and barriers for accessing AT in 35 countries globally. In order to obtain comparable data, all surveys ...
    • Global report on assistive technology 

      Antypas, Konstantinos; Austin, Victoria; Banes, David; Blakstad, Mats; Boot, Fleur Heleen; Botelho, Fernando; Burton, Angela; Calvo, Irene; Cook, Albert M.; Dasgupta, Rajib; Desideri, Lorenzo; Ebuenyi, Ikenna; Encarnação, Pedro; France, Tim; Gupta, Shivani; Holloway, Catherine; Johnson, Ceridwen; MacLachlan, Malcolm; Mannan, Hasheem; Marella, Manjula; McKinnon, Iain; Polgar, Jan; Muller, Sébastien; Layton, Natasha; Loeb, Micthell; Øderud, Tone; Patrick, Mikaela; Pryor, Wesley; Aniyamuzaala, James Rwampigi; Shae, Kylie; Sharma, Shweta; Singh, Ravinder; Smith, Emma; Tardiff, Claude (Research report, 2022)
      There is a large, unmet need for assistive technology worldwide. The Global report on assistive technology was developed in response to the World Health Assembly resolution (WHA71.8) on improving access to assistive ...