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 40 YEARS.

EUROPEAN FORUM FOR RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION COUNCIL:

EVRIM KARADAG SAYGI, EFRR PRESIDENT, PRM SPECIALIST, TURKIYE

HELENA BURGER, EFRR COUNCIL MEMBER, PRM SPECIALIST, SLOVENIA

MATILDE LEONARDI, EFRR COUNCIL MEMBER, NEUROLOGIST, ITALY

SUSANNA MELKAS, EFRR COUNCIL MEMBER, NEUROLOGIST, FINLAND

CECILIA VARJU, EFRR COUNCIL MEMBER, CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGIST, RHEUMATOLOGIST AND PRM SPECIALIST, HUNGARY

FREDERIKE VAN WIJCK, EFRR SECRETARY, HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENTIST, UK

MARCO STREIBELT, EFRR COUNCIL MEMBER, GERMANY

MARTA SUPERVIA POLA, EFRR COUNCIL MEMBER, PRM SPECIALIST, SPAIN