Removing financial barriers to access to assistive technology
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Cost is a major barrier to access to assistive technology. We work to strengthen evidence, tools and models that help governments design and implement sustainable financing solutions.
Goal: Countries are equipped with financing strategies and costing tools to scale access.
Interventions
The case for investing in assistive technology
In this report, ATscale describes the enormous gains that access to assistive technology (AT) can have in health, for the community and the economy.
Develops a tool for developing a country investment case for assitive technology, which is integrated in the expanded assistive technology capacity assessment (ATA-C)
ATscale is supporting the pilot of the Assistive Technology Capacity Assessment (ATA-C) ) developed by WHO, which has been expanded in partnership with the United Nations Interagency Task Force on
Strengthen financing for assistive technology at country level
ATscale is developing a policy brief on domestic financing strategies for AT in LMICs, which will outline key challenges, current financing mechanisms, and existing evidence gaps.
