4. ..or you can acquire one
because you are poor
•Malnutrition
•Anemia
•Lack of a
nurturing and
stimulating
environment
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5. How big is the problem?
The prevalence of childhood disability
in Low and Middle Income Countries is 15%
( WHO World Disability Report 2010, Lancet series on ECD 2007, 2010 )
India has an estimated
53 million children with
disabilities
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13. I wake up every morning determined both to change
the world and to have one hell of a good time.
Sometimes, this makes planning the day difficult
- E.B. White
Scaling reach – include in title. Put name in title slide
Malnutrition, anemia and lack of a nurturing and stimulating environment . For children born with a disability, poverty makes it a double whammy. Cut details of story. Havr a blcok
Explain that this is a projection based on WHO figures for children under the age of 14
What do I mean by Early intervention – good nutrition and teaching caregivers how to nurture and stimulate the young child
What do I mean by good outcomes – Imp of school outcomes
The picture on the left is a PET scan of the brain of a normal child. The one on the right is a toddler who has grown up in a Romanian orphanage with adequate nutrition but no one to spend time on playing or communicating with him
