Some work had already been carried out by the World Health Organization to help reorganise rehabilitation in the post-Soviet era. But the first task for Sidy Dieye, head of programmes and development, and his team was to get buy-in from the local health professionals and change their understanding of contemporary physiotherapy.
I tre tutor di progetto sono Ann Nicholson, membro di americano Fisioterapia Associazione, Nihad Almasri, membro di giordano Fisioterapia Societàe Heather Dawson, membro di Australiano Fisioterapia Associazione.
C'era già un in place, and about a third of its content was mandatory, but the team worked to develop the remaining curriculum. With the support of the limited team on the ground – the entire physiotherapy workforce consists of one physiotherapist and four rehabilitation assistants who had trained in India – the World Physiotherapy team has been supporting them in bringing the course up to date. It has also advised on the current understanding of what physiotherapy is and can do.
Questo team locale sta supportando coloro che stanno attualmente effettuando la formazione e sta iniziando a introdurre approcci più lungimiranti.
"Questo aiuta gli altri ad apprezzare ciò che deve essere fatto", afferma Sidy. “A livello di istruzione, le persone stanno iniziando a capirlo. E le facoltà dell'istituto di formazione, tutti i medici capiscono ora che devono cambiare ".
Heather is positive about progress. “The teachers at the Republican Medical College and the service providers now understand what physiotherapy is in the World Physiotherapy sense – and that it is a separate profession. A physiotherapist is not a specialised nurse or a specialised doctor.
“There is a commitment on the part of the teachers to change, to introduce an entry-level and to overcome the myriad of challenges. This determination is underpinned by the commitment from the government of Tajikistan to improve the health of their people as part of their commitment to WHO’s Rehabilitation 2030 agenda.”
Finanziato dall'USAID Strengthening Rehabilitation Services in Health Systems, il progetto è una collaborazione tra UCP Wheels for Humanity ed è supportato dall'Associazione ucraina di terapia fisica, l'Assemblea nazionale ucraina delle persone con disabilità, World Physiotherapy e il Republican Medical College of Tagikistan. Il progetto durerà fino alla metà del 2022.
