Rehabilitation Service Assessment and Workforce Capacity Building in Albania—A Civil Society Approach

Boya Nugraha, Klejda Tani and Christoph Gutenbrunner
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Boya Nugraha: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
Klejda Tani: Faculty of Technical Medical Sciences, University of Medicine Tirana, AL1005 Tiranë, Albania
Christoph Gutenbrunner: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 19, 1-12

Abstract: Background: Rehabilitation is an important health strategy. Due to the lack of rehabilitation professionals (e.g., no physical and rehabilitation medicine, occupational therapist, and others) and lack of rehabilitation services (e.g., no multi-profession rehabilitation services in hospital, no post-acute rehabilitation services, no community-based rehabilitation services), the need to strengthen rehabilitation in Albania was pronounced. Therefore, this project aimed at rehabilitation service assessment and workforce capacity building in Albania. Methods: The World Health Organization’s Template for Rehabilitation Information Collection was used to collect available data related to rehabilitation services. Additionally, two site visits to different rehabilitation centers including interviews with relevant stakeholders were performed. A stakeholders’ workshop to prioritize recommendations was also performed before finalizing the report. Results: In Albania, rehabilitation service delivery, rehabilitation workforces, and financing in rehabilitation need to be strengthened. Conclusions: The project achieved the intended objectives. Additionally progress has been occurring in the development and implementation of the Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine specialization at the University of Medicine, Tirana.

Keywords: rehabilitation service; rehabilitation workforce; rehabilitation assessment; health system; capacity building (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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