Importance of health policy and systems research for strengthening rehabilitation in health systems: a call to action to accelerate progress

• Walter R. Frontera,
• Wouter De Groote,
• Abdul Ghaffar,
• the Health Policy & Systems Research for Rehabilitation Group,
• Iben Axen,
• Muhammad Ehab Azim,
• Linamara Battistella,
• Kristian Borg,
• Ines Campos,
• Rodrigo Castro,
• Joaquim Chaler,
• Leighton Chan,
• Ignacio Devesa,
• Deniz Evcik,
• Giorgio Ferriero,
• Gerard E. Francisco,
• Simon French,
• Steven A. Gard,
• Douglas P. Gross,
• Matthieu Guemann,
• Louise Gustafsson,
• Allen Heinemann,
• Claire D. Johnson,
• Frank Kandziora,
• Carlotte Kiekens,
• Jae-Young Lim,
• Thorsten Meyer,
• Peggy Nelson,
• Randolph J. Nudo,
• Tamara Ownsworth,
• Wilco Peul,
• Farooq Azam Rathore,
• Stefano Respizzi,
• Christine Rolland,
• Carla Sabariego,
• Furqan Ahmed Siddiqi,
• Manoj Sivan,
• Birkan Sonel Tur,
• Henk J. Stam,
• Aimee Stewart

Affiliations

Walter R. Frontera

Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico

Wouter De Groote

Rehabilitation Programme, Non-Communicable Diseases Department, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

Abdul Ghaffar

Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

the Health Policy & Systems Research for Rehabilitation Group

Iben Axen

Muhammad Ehab Azim

Linamara Battistella

Kristian Borg

Ines Campos

Rodrigo Castro

Joaquim Chaler

Leighton Chan

Ignacio Devesa

Deniz Evcik

Giorgio Ferriero

Gerard E. Francisco

Simon French

Steven A. Gard

Douglas P. Gross

Matthieu Guemann

Louise Gustafsson

Allen Heinemann

Claire D. Johnson

Frank Kandziora

Carlotte Kiekens

Jae-Young Lim

Thorsten Meyer

Peggy Nelson

Randolph J. Nudo

Tamara Ownsworth

Wilco Peul

Farooq Azam Rathore

Stefano Respizzi

Christine Rolland

Carla Sabariego

Furqan Ahmed Siddiqi

Manoj Sivan

Birkan Sonel Tur

Henk J. Stam

Aimee Stewart