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This website provides background information on the community based rehabilitation (CBR) model, its modern definition, its strengths and weaknesses, and how it can be implemented. The modules have been designed for a student audience, or for scholars who want to learn more about CBR research.

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A list of useful acronyms:

CBR: community-based rehabilitation
NGO: non-governmental organization
AIFO: Italian Association Amici di Raoul Follereau
IDDC: International Disability and Development Consortium
ILO: International Labour Organization
ISPO: International Society for Prosthetics & Orthotics         
UN: United Nations
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
USAID: United States Agency for International Development
WHA: World Health Assembly
WHO: World Health Organization