NATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM (NOP)
Cankids National Outreach Program aims to deliver its models for Change for Childhood Cancer in India and Holistic family Centered care to children with cancer and their families across the country.
NOP strives to go “wider” and “deeper” to achieve the CK vision of global survival rates of 70-95% for childhood cancer in India, and to ensure quality of life for child cancer patients, families and survivors.
NOP works through
The partnership in a cancer treatment Center is through a Cankids Hospital Support Unit (CHSU) which
2. YANA – you are not alone – holistic care for children with cancer and their families throughout the cancer journey and after.:
Over its 12 year history CanKids has strategically built low cost models, interventions, and programs, and engaged stakeholders at all levels to drive a Change for Childhood Cancer in India - through an understanding built on grass-root level and first- hand knowledge of the challenges in resource constrained environments:
With health being a State subject in India, In the last 2 years Cankids has started working on Change for Childhood cancer State wise, looking at epidemiology, mapping out centers treating childhood cancer, systematically building a network of access to care and support, creating awareness and advocating for childhood cancer control plans, policies and programs to State Governments.
As of August 2016, the project has been implemented in 5 states – Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal Uttar Pradesh and Delhi- NCR Region with the help of our CSR partners like HDFC Life, HT Parekh Foundation.
NOP strives to go “wider” and “deeper” to achieve the CK vision of global survival rates of 70-95% for childhood cancer in India, and to ensure quality of life for child cancer patients, families and survivors.
NOP works through
- Identifying and Setting Up Cankids Hospital Support Units (CHSU’s) in Centers treating children with cancer
- Collaborating with cancer centres and the medical professionals to provide better quality paediatric cancer treatment, care and support by identifying gaps and needs assessment.
- Providing Social Support Teams along with building capacity and skills in support services for paediatric cancer care, through training and resource material- for social workers, database managers, counsellors, nutritionists, teachers, parent support groups and Survivor.
- Ensuring access for families of children with cancer to cancer centres and to Cankids, Government and other support services.
- Building capacities of centres and health professionals where children are being treated for cancer in the absence of a Paediatric oncologist /Paediatric oncology centre.
- Understanding & Promoting Research and Measuring Impact.
- Collecting & Providing information to create awareness & Advocating Government for cancer centres and drug industry for best possible treatment through its Quality Care Research Impact(QCRI) program.
- Partnering with like-minded NGOs/organizations/institutions/donors.
- Change for Childhood Cancer in India :
The partnership in a cancer treatment Center is through a Cankids Hospital Support Unit (CHSU) which
- Provides holistic social support services, and Cankids Care centers based on needs assessment, funding support and its own manpower resources and ability to expand.
- Provides Social Support Teams - Social Workers, database managers, psychologists, nutritionists, teachers, parent support groups as patient navigator and Survivor as patient advocate.
- Builds capacity and skills of social support teams through training and resource.
2. YANA – you are not alone – holistic care for children with cancer and their families throughout the cancer journey and after.:
Over its 12 year history CanKids has strategically built low cost models, interventions, and programs, and engaged stakeholders at all levels to drive a Change for Childhood Cancer in India - through an understanding built on grass-root level and first- hand knowledge of the challenges in resource constrained environments:
- To provide a complete range of support services to families of children with cancer during the treatment continuum and to reintegrate parents and survivors back into society
- To drive better standards of treatment and care; and
- To create awareness and advocate for childhood cancer to become a child health priority in India.
- To engage with all stakeholders and collaborate nationally and internationally to ensure childhood cancer is considered a child health priority in India
- To ensure sustainability by empowering parents of children with cancer and survivors to become patient navigators, advocates and an integral part of the cause.
With health being a State subject in India, In the last 2 years Cankids has started working on Change for Childhood cancer State wise, looking at epidemiology, mapping out centers treating childhood cancer, systematically building a network of access to care and support, creating awareness and advocating for childhood cancer control plans, policies and programs to State Governments.
As of August 2016, the project has been implemented in 5 states – Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal Uttar Pradesh and Delhi- NCR Region with the help of our CSR partners like HDFC Life, HT Parekh Foundation.
