The World Health Organization "Rehabilitation 2030: a call for action"

February 6th and 7th of year 2017 might be remembered in the future of rehabilitation. In fact, in these two days the World Health Organization (WHO) has called in the Executive Board Room of WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, more than 200 people representing the rehabilitation stakeholders. The aims were to a launch "Rehabilitation 2030 - a call for action" and to present the WHO Recommendations on rehabilitation in health systems. These initiatives are meant to draw attention to the increasing needs for rehabilitation in the world; to highlight the role of rehabilitation in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals proposed by the United Nations; to call for coordinated and concerted global action towards strengthening rehabilitation in health systems. The aim of this paper is to present in detail the scientific events of these 2 days that will very likely mark the history of rehabilitation.