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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=en-WS link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>What’s APL?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Dpo-officemanagers <dpo-officemanagers-bounces@lists.pacificdisability.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Samuela Radakua<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 10 December 2024 1:39 pm<br><b>To:</b> dpo-officemanagers@lists.pacificdisability.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Opd-officemanagers] FW: Pacific APL survey<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> MCIVOR, Claire <<a href="mailto:mcivorc@who.int">mcivorc@who.int</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 10 December 2024 6:41 am<br><b>To:</b> Sainimili Tawake <<a href="mailto:Sainimili.Tawake@pacificdisability.org">Sainimili.Tawake@pacificdisability.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Pacific APL survey<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dear Sai,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We are pleased to inform you that we have had a great response to the Pacific APL survey so far. We would like to continue gathering as much input as possible to the survey to support the development of the Pacific APL. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We kindly request that you continue to share the survey widely across Government, regional organizations, and civil society organizations across the Pacific. The more input we have on the survey, the more confident we can be that the Pacific APL is truly meeting the needs of the Pacific region.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Please see email text below which can be forwarded with the survey link embedded.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Many thanks for your support with circulating the survey widely for regional consultation and input.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Dear subscribers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>We are pleased to invite you to complete the <i>Pacific model priority assistive product list (Pacific APL) survey. </i></span></b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'> </span></b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>The Pacific APL will be a blueprint for Pacific Island Countries and territories (PICs) to develop their own priority assistive product lists, adapted to national needs and priorities. Countries may use national priority assistive product lists to help identify priority products for financing, procurement and for prioritising workforce training to provide specific assistive products.</span></b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Development of the Pacific APL is led by a Pacific Assistive Technology Steering Committee which includes members representing government and civil society, and regional organisations from across the Pacific. The WHO act as a secretariat for this Steering Committee. </span></b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Your input into this survey is very important to help ensure that the Pacific APL is shaped by Pacific population needs and priorities, and is tailored to the Pacific environment, resources, lifestyles and cultural values. </span></b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Please do share this survey widely with any colleagues or organizations across the Pacific: <a href="https://extranet.who.int/dataformv3/index.php/426982" title="https://extranet.who.int/dataformv3/index.php/426982"><span style='color:windowtext'>https://extranet.who.int/dataformv3/index.php/426982</span></a></span></b><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=Signature><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Claire McIvor<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Consultant - Expanding Access to Assistive Technology in the Pacific<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>World Health Organization Representative Office for the South Pacific</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Email: <a href="mailto:mcivorc@who.int"><span style='color:red'>mcivorc@who.int</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Phone: +679 777 9736<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Web: <a href="https://www.who.int/fiji"><span style='color:red'>https://www.who.int/fiji</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red'><img border=0 width=150 height=47 style='width:1.5625in;height:.4861in' id="image_0" src="cid:image004.jpg@01DB4BB5.EF086470"></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> MCIVOR, Claire<br><b>Sent:</b> 19 November 2024 3:28 AM<br><b>To:</b> Sainimili.Tawake <<a href="mailto:Sainimili.Tawake@pacificdisability.org">Sainimili.Tawake@pacificdisability.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Pacific APL survey</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dear Sai,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>As part of the development of the Pacific model priority assistive product list (Pacific APL), we have now created a consultation survey based on feedback from Steering Committee members on which products should be included in the survey.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We kindly request that you share the survey widely across Government, regional organizations, and civil society organizations across the Pacific. The more input we have on the survey, the more confident we can be that the Pacific APL is truly meeting the needs of the Pacific region.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Please see email text below which can be forwarded with the survey link embedded.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Many thanks for your support with circulating the survey widely for regional consultation and input.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>We are pleased to invite you to complete the <i>Pacific model priority assistive product list (Pacific APL) survey. </i></span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'> </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>The Pacific APL will be a blueprint for Pacific Island Countries and territories (PICs) to develop their own priority assistive product lists, adapted to national needs and priorities. Countries may use national priority assistive product lists to help identify priority products for financing, procurement and for prioritising workforce training to provide specific assistive products.</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Development of the Pacific APL is led by a Pacific Assistive Technology Steering Committee which includes members representing government and civil society, and regional organisations from across the Pacific. The WHO act as a secretariat for this Steering Committee. </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Your input into this survey is very important to help ensure that the Pacific APL is shaped by Pacific population needs and priorities, and is tailored to the Pacific environment, resources, lifestyles and cultural values. </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Please do share this survey widely with any colleagues or organizations across the Pacific: <a href="https://extranet.who.int/dataformv3/index.php/426982">https://extranet.who.int/dataformv3/index.php/426982</a></span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Claire<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="x_Signature"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Claire McIvor<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Consultant - Expanding Access to Assistive Technology in the Pacific<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>World Health Organization Representative Office for the South Pacific</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Email: <a href="mailto:mcivorc@who.int">mcivorc@who.int</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Phone: +679 777 9736<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Web: <a href="https://www.who.int/fiji">https://www.who.int/fiji</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=150 height=47 style='width:1.5625in;height:.4861in' id="x_image_0" src="cid:image005.jpg@01DB4BB5.EF086470"></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>