380 Resources
Swedish Organizations of Disabled Persons
International Aid Association (SHIA)
Liljeholmstorg 7A, 11763 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: (46-8)462-3360; Fax: (46-8)714-5922
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.shia.se
SHIA aims to strengthen the efforts of persons with
disabilities to achieve equality and participation
through development co-operation and partnerships
between persons with disabilities in Sweden and
elsewhere.
Voluntary Health Association of India
(VHAI)
B-40, Qutab Institutional Area, South of IIT
New Delhi 110016, India
Tel: (91-112)651-8071-72
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.vhai.org
Health education materials in English and local
Indian languages. Also publishes Health for the
Millions, a journal on low-cost health care.
Whirlwind Wheelchair International (WWI)
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue - SCI. 251
San Francisco, California 94132, USA
Tel: (1-415)338-6277; Fax: (1-415)338-1290
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.whirlwindwheelchair.org
WWI developed the Whirlwind wheelchair, a
lightweight, low-cost, sturdy wheelchair designed
for rough urban and rural conditions in developing
countries. WWI works with an international
network of wheelchair workshops to continually
update its designs.
World Blind Union
Enrique Pérez, Secretary General
C/Almansa 66, 28039 Madrid, Spain
Tel: (34)914-365-366; Fax: (34)915-894-749
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.worldblindunion.org
The World Blind Union (WBU) unites people with
visual disabilities in member organizations around
the world. They work to promote equal opportunities
for the blind; to raise the status of blind women,
DeafBlind persons, blind people with multiple
disabilities; and to prevent blindness worldwide.
World Federation of the Deaf (WFD)
Postal Address: P.O. Box 65, FIN-00401
Helsinki, Finland
Physical address: Light House, Ilkantie 4 Haaga,
Helsinki, Finland
Fax: (358-9)580-3572
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.wfdeaf.org
WFD is an organization of national associations
of deaf people. They work to improve the status of
national sign languages and education for deaf
people, improve access to information and services,
improving human rights for deaf people, and promote
the establishment of deaf organizations.
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Rehabilitation Section
20 Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland
Tel: (41-22)791-2111; Fax: (41-22)791-3111
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.who.int
WHO provides advice and financial support to
health-related programs.
A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities 2007