Integrating rehabilitation into health systems: A comparative study of nine middle-income countries using WHO’s Systematic Assessment of Rehabilitation Situation (STARS)

• Pauline Kleinitz ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Pauline Kleinitz, Carla Sabariego, Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Alarcos Cieza

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kleinitzp@who.int

  Affiliations Sensory Functions, Disability and Rehabilitation Unit, Department for Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5887-5852

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• Carla Sabariego ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Pauline Kleinitz, Carla Sabariego, Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Alarcos Cieza

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland, Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland, Center for Rehabilitation in Global Health Systems, WHO Collaborating Center for Rehabilitation in Global Health Systems, University of Lucerne, Luzern, Switzerland

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• Gwynnyth Llewellyn ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Pauline Kleinitz, Carla Sabariego, Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Alarcos Cieza

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, WHO Collaborating Centre for Strengthening Rehabilitation Capacity in Health Systems, Sydney, Australia, Disability and Inequity Stream Leader, Centre for Disability Research and Policy, Sydney, Australia, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence Disability and Health, Melbourne, Australia

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• Elsie Taloafiri ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ET, AM, RB, KM, SM, MHK, VW, GS and JA-D also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation Division, Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Honiara, Solomon Islands

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• Ariane Mangar ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ET, AM, RB, KM, SM, MHK, VW, GS and JA-D also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Rehabilitation Department, Ministry of Health, Georgetown, Guyana

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• Rabindra Baskota ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ET, AM, RB, KM, SM, MHK, VW, GS and JA-D also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Leprosy Control and Disability Management Division, Ministry of Health and Population, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Kedar Marahatta ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ET, AM, RB, KM, SM, MHK, VW, GS and JA-D also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Non-communicable Disease Department, World Health Organization Country Office, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Shiromi Maduwage ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ET, AM, RB, KM, SM, MHK, VW, GS and JA-D also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Youth, Elderly, Disability Unit, Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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• Myo Hla Khin ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ET, AM, RB, KM, SM, MHK, VW, GS and JA-D also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Yangon General Hospital, University of Medicine, Yangon, Myanmar

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• Vivian Wonanji ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ET, AM, RB, KM, SM, MHK, VW, GS and JA-D also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Curative Services Division, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, the Elderly and Children, Dodoma, Tanzania

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• George Sampa ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ET, AM, RB, KM, SM, MHK, VW, GS and JA-D also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Disease Prevention and Control Division, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia

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• Ali Al-Rjoub,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Focal Point, Ministry of Health, Amman, Jordan

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• Jaber Al-Daod ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ET, AM, RB, KM, SM, MHK, VW, GS and JA-D also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Focal Point, Ministry of Health, Amman, Jordan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9963-3008

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• Alarcos Cieza

  Contributed equally to this work with: Pauline Kleinitz, Carla Sabariego, Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Alarcos Cieza

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sensory Functions, Disability and Rehabilitation Unit, Department for Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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