World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the assistive technology capacity assessment (ATA-C) tool, a system-level tool to evaluate a country’s capacity to finance, regulate, procure and provide assistive technology.
The ATA-C tool enables countries to better understand the current status and identify key actions to improve access to assistive technology: it can be used for awareness raising, policy and programme design and ongoing monitoring and evaluation. The ATA-C implementation process can also serve to bring diverse stakeholders together and build momentum for action.
The tool was developed by WHO, in collaboration with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and with support of many other in-country partners
To access the tool and supporting documents, WHO has created a dedicated website. Through this website, WHO will provide technical support and facilitate coordination and connections between the diverse stakeholders in countries.
The ATA-C is part of the WHO Assistive Technology Assessment (ATA) Toolkit, helping countries to collect effective and relevant data on assistive technology.
