Developing World Forum 2
Developing neuro-rehabilitation services in Mauritius – a case study of strategies to implement neurorehabilitation in a developing country

Programme

• 13:00 – 13:01 1 Min.

  • Other

  Background

  • Anbananden Soopramanien (Port Louis/ MU)
• 13:01 – 13:06 5 Min.

  • Invited Lecture

  Needs Assessment Survey and issues identified

  • Anbananden Soopramanien (Port Louis/ MU)
• 13:06 – 13:16 10 Min.

  • Invited Lecture

  Home visits and field trips
• 13:16 – 13:26 10 Min.

  • Invited Lecture

  Problems identified (no MDT, high incidence of pressure ulcers, issues with continence, inappropriate wheelchairs)

  • Anbananden Soopramanien (Port Louis/ MU)
• 13:26 – 13:36 10 Min.

  • Discussion

  Discussion
• 13:36 – 13:38 2 Min.

  • Invited Lecture

  Working in partnership with the Mauritian government, private hospitals and private healthcare

  • Anbananden Soopramanien (Port Louis/ MU)
  • Rajiv Reebye (Vancouver/ CA)
• 13:38 – 13:40 2 Min.

  • Invited Lecture

  Face-to-face lectures, more recently remote lectures and collaboration between the University of Mauritius (UOM), Bournemouth University (BU), University of British Columbia (UBC), and the Canadian Advances in Neuro-Orthopedics for Spasticity Congress (CANOSC)

  • Anbananden Soopramanien (Port Louis/ MU)
  • Rajiv Reebye (Vancouver/ CA)
• 13:40 – 13:42 2 Min.

  • Invited Lecture

  International SCI Conference

  • Anbananden Soopramanien (Port Louis/ MU)
  • Rajiv Reebye (Vancouver/ CA)
• 13:42 – 13:44 2 Min.

  • Invited Lecture

  Workshops on therapy and spasticity

  • Rajiv Reebye (Vancouver/ CA)
• 13:44 – 13:46 2 Min.

  • Invited Lecture

  Teaching and training of vulnerable adults to make cushions and other rehab equipment
• 13:46 – 13:56 10 Min.

  • Discussion

  Discussion
• 13:56 – 14:16 20 Min.

  • Oral Presentation (online)

  Capacity of Health Care Systems to Manage Stroke in Developing Countries

  • Nazia Mumtaz (Lahore/ PK)

   Neurorehabilitation in developing countries, Public health issues and health politics
• 14:16 – 14:41 25 Min.

  • Discussion

  Panel discussion

  • Nirmal Surya (Mumbai/ IN)
  • Anbananden Soopramanien (Port Louis/ MU)
  • Rajiv Reebye (Vancouver/ CA)
  • Vincent Oxenham (Sydney/ AU)
• 14:41 – 14:50 9 Min.

  • Invited Lecture

  Research on impact of COVID-19 and collaboration with the Ministry of Health

  • Vincent Oxenham (Sydney/ AU)
  • Anbananden Soopramanien (Port Louis/ MU)
  • Rajiv Reebye (Vancouver/ CA)
• 14:50 – 14:51 1 Min.

  • On Demand

  Developing neuro-rehabilitation services in Mauritius – a case study of strategies to implement neurorehabilitation in a developing country

  • Anbananden Soopramanien (Port Louis/ MU)
  • Rajiv Reebye (Vancouver/ CA)
  • Nazia Mumtaz (Lahore/ PK)
  • Nirmal Surya (Mumbai/ IN)
  • Vincent Oxenham (Sydney/ AU)