Useful Links and resources

• USAID – Advancing Nutrition
• BasicNeeds: Innovations in Mental Health and Development
• David Werner’s ‘Disabled Village People’ a guide for community workers, rehabilitation workers and families
• Hesperian Health Guides:
• SOURCE, an international online resource center on disability and inclusion:
• The African Book, Occupational Therapy: An African Perspective
• Health Books International, formerly ‘Teaching-Aids at Low-Cost’ (TALC):
• The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s manual ‘Getting to know cerebral palsy:
• CBM – Resources & Research
• Disability and Poverty in the Global South: Renegotiating Development in Guatemala:
• Improving Health at Home and Abroad – Report on how overseas volunteering from the NHS benefits the UK and the world:
• Raising Nathan – the heartfelt story of the struggle faced by Jamaican parents on discovering that their son would be born with a major disability:
• The Framework for NHS Involvement in International Development:
• THET equipment donations toolkit:
• UNICEF’s What Works for Children in South Asia; Community Health Workers:
• Working Abroad Guidance for Allied Health Professionals: To request this resource kindly go to ADAPT, CTI or OT Frontiers depending on your profession.
• Enhancing the Cultural Relevance of Occupational Therapy’s Theoretical Base (Whalley Hammell Culture)
• Ubuntu Hub
• IAACD Knowledge Hub
• CanChild resources
• APT Resources by Heather