Guidance for manufacturing and procuring crutches for elderly and disabled people
Following the publication of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) important global assistive technology guide, AT Today has broken down the key information about the functional…
WHO launches progress indicators to measure access to assistive technology
The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed progress indicators to measure access to assistive technology. In May 2018, the 71st World Health Assembly adopted a…
Advice for procurement teams on how to specify the right assistive tech products
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest global assistive technology guide contains information for procurement teams on how to choose the right products to meet users’…
WHO publishes important global guide on assistive tech specifications and how to use devices
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a landmark assistive technology guide to expand access to quality products and drive disability innovation on a global…
Users of assistive devices invited to participate in new UK survey to draw up list of essential assistive tech products
A new survey, which aims to draw up a priority Assistive Products List (APL) within the UK, has been launched, enabling those using and developing…
Important survey for UK stakeholders to draw up list of priority assistive tech products
The British Assistive Technology Association (BATA) has collaborated with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) flagship programme Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE) to launch a…
COMMENT: Are today’s children and young adults at an increased risk of noise induced hearing loss?
Credit: Puro Sound Labs With the growing epidemic of younger people acquiring noise-induced hearing loss through spending lots of time listening to music, watching videos,…
WHO launches innovative interactive app to help improve care for older people
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a package of tools, including a new digital application to help health and social workers provide better care…
Apple reveals innovative new health studies that monitor people’s heart, movement and hearing
Technology giant Apple has announced “ground-breaking” new medical studies which integrate important healthcare monitoring into its popular products, including the iPhone and Apple Watch. The…
First medically approved back pain app aims to end nationwide epidemic of back pain in UK offices
Experts behind Kaia, the first and only medically approved back pain app in the UK, want to end the nationwide epidemic of back pain in…