THE EUROPEAN FORUM FOR RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION-EFRR IS A POLITICALLY NEUTRAL, MULTIDISCIPLINARY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION WHICH STANDS UP FOR UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS BY ADVANCING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN ALL BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF REHABILITATION. THE OUTCOMES OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE IMPLEMENTED AND DISSEMINATED IN EUROPE AND INTERNATIONALLY WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL, VOCATIONAL, HEALTH-CARE AND REHABILITATION SERVICES AND THE STANDARDS OF PRACTICE IN THESE SERVICES, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PEOPLE OF ALL COUNTRIES, AND IN PARTICULAR OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
THE EUROPEAN FORUM FOR RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION CONDEMNS THE WAR, VIOLENCE, AGGRESSION AND VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN UKRAINE. WE BELIEVE THAT INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGE IS FUNDAMENTAL AND CANNOT BE INTERRUPTED, ESPECIALLY IN SITUATIONS WHERE HUMAN HEALTH IS UNDER SEVERE THREAT.
WE EXPRESS OUR SOLIDARITY TO ALL HEALTH AND REHABILITATION PROFESSIONALS AND SCIENTISTS CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN THE CARE OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY IN WAR TERRITORIES AND TO ALL PEOPLE SUFFERING IN THESE DRAMATIC EVENTS.
WE HOPE THAT THE CONFLICT WILL END SOON AND THAT COLLEAGUES FROM UKRAINE AND RUSSIA WILL BE ABLE TO WORK AND MEET AGAIN WITH OTHERS FROM OUR INTERNATIONAL REHABILITATION COMMUNITY, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR PATIENTS UNDER THE EFRR PREMISES, AS THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS.
EUROPEAN FORUM FOR RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION COUNCIL:
HELENA BURGER, EFRR PRESIDENT, PRM SPECIALIST, SLOVENIA
SUSANNE WEINBRENNER, EFRR COUNCIL MEMBER, ANESTHESIOLOGIST, GERMANY
SVEN-UNO MARNETOFT, EFRR COUNCIL MEMBER, DOCTOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, SWEDEN
MATILDE LEONARDI, EFRR COUNCIL MEMBER, NEUROLOGIST, ITALY
SUSANNA MELKAS, EFRR COUNCIL MEMBER, NEUROLOGIST, FINLAND
EVRIM KARADAG SAYGI, EFRR COUNCIL MEMBER, PRM SPECIALIST, TURKEY
CECILIA VARJU, EFRR COUNCIL MEMBER, PRM SPECIALIST, HUNGARY
FREDERIKE VAN WIJCK, EFRR SECRETARY, HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENTIST, UK