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Sally Baker
Nossal Institute for Global Health
Level 4, Alan Gilbert Building
Corner of Barry and Grattan Streets (161 Barry St)
The University of Melbourne
Carlton, Victoria, 3010
Tel: +61 3 9035 5306
Fax: +61 3 9347 6872
Email:sm.baker @unimelb.edu.au
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Sally Baker is Senior Technical Advisor – Disability at the Nossal Institute for Global Health, and Coordinator of the CBM-Nossal Institute Partnership for Disability-Inclusive Development. An Occupational Therapist with a Masters in International Community Development, she has been working with people with disabilities for over fifteen years, both in Australia and internationally, predominantly in the Pacific and Asia. From 1999 to 2001, Sally worked in Samoa on a disability accessibility and awareness project, and supported the establishment of Samoa’s first Disabled Persons Organisation (DPO), Nuanua O le Alofa. She later worked in the Solomon Islands, where she assisted the strengthening of the Solomon Islands Community Based Rehabilitation program and contributed to the development and implementation of on a national disability survey. In Asia, working with the NGO Handicap International, Sally facilitated and led a regional team of professionals to develop, support monitor and evaluate national programs which aim to enhance the quality of life of people with disabilities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Currently based in Melbourne, Sally is conducting research with teams in Bangladesh and Fiji to validate a toolkit to measure the effectiveness of disability-inclusive development programs. She is a board member of Australia Pacific Islands Disability Support (APIDS), an NGO which supports the development of Disabled Persons Organisations in the Pacific.