Making distribution of wheelchairs sustainable: A Wheels for the World program in North India, October 2015

Making distribution of wheelchairs sustainable: A Wheels for the World program in North India, October 2015

A description of a program carried out in October 2015 in North India of distribution of wheelchairs and other assistive devices for persons with disabilities. Applying cooperative approaches through churches, NGOs and networks, outside resources were utilized to develop a sustainable approach to m...

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Main Authors: Jubin Varghese, Nicole Hughes, Nathan Grills, Mukesh Kumar, Lawrence Singh, Raj Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Health for All Nations 2015-01-01
Series:Christian Journal for Global Health
Subjects:
wheelchair distribution
disability
India
sustainability
Online Access:http://journal.cjgh.org/index.php/cjgh/article/view/95/246
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Raj Kumar
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Christian Journal for Global Health
wheelchair distribution
disability
India
sustainability
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Nicole Hughes
Nathan Grills
Mukesh Kumar
Lawrence Singh
Raj Kumar
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title Making distribution of wheelchairs sustainable: A Wheels for the World program in North India, October 2015
title_short Making distribution of wheelchairs sustainable: A Wheels for the World program in North India, October 2015
title_full Making distribution of wheelchairs sustainable: A Wheels for the World program in North India, October 2015
title_fullStr Making distribution of wheelchairs sustainable: A Wheels for the World program in North India, October 2015
title_full_unstemmed Making distribution of wheelchairs sustainable: A Wheels for the World program in North India, October 2015
title_sort making distribution of wheelchairs sustainable: a wheels for the world program in north india, october 2015
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series Christian Journal for Global Health
issn 2167-2415
publishDate 2015-01-01
description A description of a program carried out in October 2015 in North India of distribution of wheelchairs and other assistive devices for persons with disabilities. Applying cooperative approaches through churches, NGOs and networks, outside resources were utilized to develop a sustainable approach to meeting identified disability needs in low-resource settings.
topic wheelchair distribution
disability
India
sustainability
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