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Congress programme committee meets to start planning programme for 2027

CPC members meet in Frankfurt to begin planning for congress in Guadalajara, Mexico

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World Physiotherapy board announces host city location for congress in 2029

Find out where World Physiotherapy Congress 2029 will be held

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Physical therapy’s highest global honour goes to Anne Moseley 

Australian physical therapist Anne Moseley has been awarded the World Confederation for Physical Therapy’s (WCPT) highest honour for her outstanding contribution to the physical therapy profession as a clinician, teacher, and researcher. 

Members of Haitian Physiotherapy Society with WCPT President and WCPT Regional Chair News

13 member organisations admitted to WCPT

13 physical therapy associations were admitted as member organisations to the World Confederation for Physical Therapy at its General Meeting on 8 May 2019 in Geneva.

Freddy Kaltenborn News

WCPT pays tribute to Freddy Kaltenborn

WCPT pays tribute to Freddy Kaltenborn, one of the founders of WCPT’s first subgroup the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists.