School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana STUDY VISIT REPORT PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION PROGRAM, UPPER EAST REGION, GHANA. 7 th -28 th MAY, 2011. Giſty Nyante Peter O. Ndaa pndaa@chs.edu.gh and ggnyante@chs.edu.gh Acknowledgement We are grateful to the Dean, Professor E.K Wiredu and the enre Administrave management of SAHS for making this study visit possible. We would like to extend our sincere appreciaon to the Director of CBR, Mr. John Alo, and the Prevenon of Childhood Disability (PCD) coordinator, Mrs. Marjolein Mende for iniang and arranging for our visit to the Upper East Region. We would also like to express our profound gratude to the Sandema and Garu Project coordinators, Mr. Maxwell Akandem, and Isaac Tiiga respecvely for giving us the opportunity to be part of their teams. To the project Officers and enre staff of Sandema and Garu-Tempane CBR we say ‘Ayekoo’ and may God richly bless you. Our final thanks go to CBR community members for their warm recepon whenever we were in their midst. Introducon On May 7 th the year 2011, Mrs Giſty Nyante and Mr. Peter Ndaa, faculty members from the Physiotherapy Department of SAHS, parcipated in a 21 day study visit to Presbyterian Community Based Rehabilitaon (CBR) Programme in the Upper East Region. The main aim of the visit is to idenfy and appreciate the concept of CBR as well as promote collaboraon between SAHS and CBR programme. 1