babies on top of the world: early intervention in the indian himalayas
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Babies On Top of the World
Early Intervention in the Indian Himalayas
Jo Chopra www.latikaroy.org
Moy Moy’s Story
The Context
There are 440 million children in India (2011 Census of India)
Prevalence of childhood disability in Low and Middle Income Countries - 15%
(WHO World Disability Report 2010, Lancet series on ECD 2007)
Do the math!
Sixty-six million Indian kids have a developmental disability.
Latika Roy Foundation:
8 centres
300 kids every day
490 kids in community-based followup (and counting)
500 new assessments every year
500 high-risk infants monitored annually
training for thousands of parents, doctors, nurses, teachers and community health workers
A drop in the ocean