Health Care Services
At KIRAN, we like to visualize empowerment as a series of stepping stones.
KIRAN provides institutional and community based medical and physical rehabilitation. The intervention includes nutrition, health and hygiene, medical and therapeutic rehabilitation through physiotherapy, speech-therapy, psychological intervention occupational-therapy, hydro therapy, hippo therapy, music therapy and prosthetic and orthotic intervention. Time to time our outreach unit organize rehabilitation camps at different places such as Varanasi, Gazipur and Mau and one district of Bihar that is Durgawati. Beside core rehabilitation services KIRAN also provides training to the parents of children with disabilities.
The Health Department Consists of Six Units
Parents and Child Care Unit
PCCU is the gateway to KIRAN Society for parents and children with disabilities, offering diagnosis, rehabilitation planning, and support, primarily for cerebral palsy.
Out – Reach Services
KIRAN's Outreach Unit reaches remote, neglected children with disabilities, offering holistic rehabilitation, therapy, and support in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Community Based Rehabilitation
The CBR unit, part of the health department, offers vital services like health, nutrition, education, and therapy to underprivileged children. It covers rural areas in Varanasi and Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh.
Prosthesis and Orthotic unit
KIRAN Society's P&O unit creates and fits Prosthetic and Orthotic appliances, emphasizing quality for children and youngsters, especially in remote villages, to minimize repairs and costs.
Physio and occupational Unit
This unit offers physical rehabilitation to children and youth with disabilities, including those in vocational training, and KIRAN staff with locomotor disabilities.
Clinic
KIRAN's polyclinic offers a wide range of health services, including prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and referrals, with a focus on school children and OPD cases.
Parents training Program
Kiran Society's Parents' Training Program annually trains around 75 families, empowering them to participate actively in their children's rehabilitation, particularly focusing on underprivileged and illiterate parents.
Feeding Training Program
We organise one-day feeding training programs for children with cerebral palsy, involving speech therapists, physiotherapists, and nurses to guide parents.
Family Mediated Intervention Program
An 11-month early intervention program for children with autism and developmental delays emphasizes parental involvement and professional support.
The GANESH Project
Centered Approach for Neurodevelopmental Disorder Identification and Early Intervention.
Download Research PaperIndia has the world’s largest birth ratio (about 26 million per year). With a population of more than 199 million, Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India. Lack of antenatal care, unsafe child births, under nourishment and lack of access to healthcare infrastructure are among the main risk factors for maternal and child morbidity and mortality.
Neurological and developmental disorders and disabilities in particular compromise the attainment of full Neurological and developmental disorders and disabilities in particular compromise the attainment of full social and economic potential at family and community levels. In other words, almost one in 11 children has at least one of the following impairments: neuromuscular disorders and cerebral palsy, epilepsy, intellectual disability, speech and language disorders, hearing and/or vision impairment or autism.
The General Movement Assessment (GMA) is regarded as the best clinical tool to predict cerebral palsy in infants <5 months. In addition, children with developmental delay, intellectual disabilities, late detected genetic disorders or autism spectrum disorder show abnormal general movements (GMs) during infancy. General Movement Assessment in Neonates for Early Identification and Intervention, Social Support and Health Awareness (G.A.N.E.S.H.) aims and to provide evidence as to whether community health workers can support the identification of infants at high- risk for neurological and developmental disorders, disabilities, and to monitor further development in those infants and to initiate early and targeted intervention procedures.
Apart from low birth weight (<2500 g) and preterm birth (<37 weeks’ gestation), non-institutional delivery, a history of perinatal asphyxia (delayed cry and difficult breathing at birth), neonatal illness requiring hospitalization, postnatal brain infections and stunting are significantly associated with neurological and developmental disorders and disabilities. Several of these risk factors could be averted through public health intervention. There is strong evidence that early intervention improves functional outcomes for infants with neurological and developmental disorders and is economically cost- effective as it reduces the rate and severity of later impairments. However, low-income communities, which are most vulnerable to neurological and developmental disorders, often lack programmes for early identification and intervention.
The G.A.N.E.S.H. project is perceived by the communities as part of the ongoing services, which have been provided by KIRAN Society. This project is implemented in 54 (cluster of) villages in 3 blocks of two districts of Uttar Pradesh, where the burden of poverty and undernutrition is particularly high. More than 90% of newborn infants are brought to the free services in the primary health centers or the community health workers are welcomed at the family home. As part of the Indian culture, after having given birth, young mothers may move to the grandmother’s home, possibly in another district.
The KIRAN staff with the support of community health workers, they are using mobile tools to pursue a broad range of health education goals including subjects such as vaccination, nutrition, hygiene and sanitation, but most importantly, they provide regular personal care and door to door services in their communities. In addition, the most socio-economically disadvantaged families (especially pregnant women and lactating mothers, infants and young children) in terms of food supplements containing vitamins, iron and calcium.
This project has brought a ray of hope to their families benefitting many children.
The GANESH Project
Centered Approach for Neurodevelopmental Disorder Identification and Early Intervention.
Download Research PaperIndia has the world’s largest birth ratio (about 26 million per year). With a population of more than 199 million, Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India. Lack of antenatal care, unsafe child births, under nourishment and lack of access to healthcare infrastructure are among the main risk factors for maternal and child morbidity and mortality.
Neurological and developmental disorders and disabilities in particular compromise the attainment of full Neurological and developmental disorders and disabilities in particular compromise the attainment of full social and economic potential at family and community levels. In other words, almost one in 11 children has at least one of the following impairments: neuromuscular disorders and cerebral palsy, epilepsy, intellectual disability, speech and language disorders, hearing and/or vision impairment or autism.
The General Movement Assessment (GMA) is regarded as the best clinical tool to predict cerebral palsy in infants <5 months. In addition, children with developmental delay, intellectual disabilities, late detected genetic disorders or autism spectrum disorder show abnormal general movements (GMs) during infancy. General Movement Assessment in Neonates for Early Identification and Intervention, Social Support and Health Awareness (G.A.N.E.S.H.) aims and to provide evidence as to whether community health workers can support the identification of infants at high- risk for neurological and developmental disorders, disabilities, and to monitor further development in those infants and to initiate early and targeted intervention procedures.
Apart from low birth weight (<2500 g) and preterm birth (<37 weeks’ gestation), non-institutional delivery, a history of perinatal asphyxia (delayed cry and difficult breathing at birth), neonatal illness requiring hospitalization, postnatal brain infections and stunting are significantly associated with neurological and developmental disorders and disabilities. Several of these risk factors could be averted through public health intervention. There is strong evidence that early intervention improves functional outcomes for infants with neurological and developmental disorders and is economically cost- effective as it reduces the rate and severity of later impairments. However, low-income communities, which are most vulnerable to neurological and developmental disorders, often lack programmes for early identification and intervention.
The G.A.N.E.S.H. project is perceived by the communities as part of the ongoing services, which have been provided by KIRAN Society. This project is implemented in 54 (cluster of) villages in 3 blocks of two districts of Uttar Pradesh, where the burden of poverty and undernutrition is particularly high. More than 90% of newborn infants are brought to the free services in the primary health centers or the community health workers are welcomed at the family home. As part of the Indian culture, after having given birth, young mothers may move to the grandmother’s home, possibly in another district.
The KIRAN staff with the support of community health workers, they are using mobile tools to pursue a broad range of health education goals including subjects such as vaccination, nutrition, hygiene and sanitation, but most importantly, they provide regular personal care and door to door services in their communities. In addition, the most socio-economically disadvantaged families (especially pregnant women and lactating mothers, infants and young children) in terms of food supplements containing vitamins, iron and calcium.
This project has brought a ray of hope to their families benefitting many children.