Claude Tardif

Claude Tardif originally qualified as Prosthetist – Orthotist. He has over 30 years of experience in rehabilitation and mobility device services, among which 20 years in low and low-middle incomes countries. In 1998, he started to work for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), where, in 2004, he was appointed as the Head of ICRC Physical Rehabilitation Programme, until 2016. Since 2016, he serves as Rehabilitation and Mobility Device Services Advisor, for the ICRC and for other organizations. He has been involved in the development of several guidelines published by WHO among which: The Priority Assistive Products List, the Standards for Prosthetics and Orthotics for Service Provision, the Guidelines for Health-Related Rehabilitation. In recent years, his works focused on how to improve the impacts of existing service providers.

Claude Tardif is a member of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) Executive Board, the Chair of the ISP Wheelchair Advisory Group, a member of the International Society for Wheelchair Professionals (ISWP) Advisory Board, Member of the Tanzanian Training Centre for Orthopaedic Technologist (TATCOT) Advisory Board and Chair of the African Federation of Orthopaedic Technologists (FATO) Scientific Committee.