General Technical Documents Standards for Prosthetics and Orthotics, Part 2: Implementation Manual

WHO, in partnership with the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has prepared prosthetics and orthotics standards to guide Member States in improving access to high-quality, affordable prosthetics and orthotics services, presented in Part 1 of this publication. For more detailed instructions on “what, why, how, who and when” for each standard, WHO also prepared this implementation manual. The main purpose of the manual is to support Member States in analysing the situation of prosthetics and orthotics services in their countries, which, in turn, helps setting priorities for implementation of the standards. The manual provides advice on planning, implementing, managing and developing or improving prosthetics and orthotics services to meet the proposed standards. It is designed to stimulate discussion on the wide range of issues to be considered in preparing policies and strategic plans and establishing benchmarks for services. It promotes planning, goal-setting, implementation and monitoring of services as a joint effort of governments and national stakeholders