Methods To meet the needs of people with disabilities, a community-based rehabilitation (CBR) programme was established and supported with financial and technical assistance from Diakonia/Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency (Sida), Stockholm, Sweden, and the Norwegian Association of Disabled/Norwegian Agency for Development and Cooperation (NORAD), Oslo, Norway, because the Palestinian Government had shown little interest in individuals with disability
Findings The rehabilitation programme covers 60% of the Palestinian population in the oPt (in 320 communities), is mainly implemented in poor rural areas, and has reached more than 33 000 people with disabilities (60% children, 53% male) and their families since its inception.