Promoting Early Identification and Intervention Of Disability
APDK uses a multi-disciplinary approach method in its service delivery, targeting children and persons with disability. We depend on financial support from development partners, corporates, and well-wishers to offer its wide range of services aimed at transforming the lives of children with disabilities. We support early identification and intervention to minimize and prevent disabilities among children through promoting improved maternal health care .
APDK in collaboration with CBM and CCBRT, the Ministry of Health, conducted a joint program supported by EU. The consortium launched 4 books for Kenya Health Workers Manuals and a guidebook on disabilities list below. Click each booklet to read more.
- Prevention, Early Identification and Intervention of Disabilities
- Recognizing impairments at Birth
- Help prevent your child from becoming disabled
- How you can help your children with cerebral palsy
In the CCBR programs, APDK works closely with the existing health center, community health volunteers, the administration, stakeholders, the community, disabled persons organization and the parents of children with disabilities in raising awareness on disabilityhttps://www.apdk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CCBRT-English-A4-Preventing-Disabilities-Manual-Final-18-Nov5B15Dsmallpdf.com-3.pdf
Programs carried out include (click to learn more)
- Physical Rehabilitation (Physiotherapy and Occupational therapy)
- APDK Rehab Clinic Coast offers Corrective Surgery
- Clubfoot Care and Management Care
- Provision of Assistive Technology services and products (crutches, walking frame, calipers surgical boots etc) andserv
- Provision of Appropriate Wheelchairs(learn more and view products)
- Comprehensive Community-Based Rehabilitation
- Mobile Clinics
- Our Response to Covid 19
Some of the conditions treated at APDK are due to birth injury. Birth injuries damage a baby’s brain and/or body eg. Cerebral palsy. Click here to view conditions treated and For more information on birth injuries click here