Disability in children: a global problem needing a well-coordinated global action

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Healthy Start Initiative, Lagos, Nigeria bolajoko.olusanya@uclmail.net.
² Hospital da Criança Santo Antônio, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
⁴ Pediatrics, NIMS-Spectrum-Child Development Research Centre, NIMS Medicity Campus, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
⁵ Population Medicine, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Bandar Sungai Long, Malaysia.
⁶ University of Groningen, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Neurology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Bolajoko O Olusanya et al. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;6(1):e001397.

doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001397.

¹ Centre for Healthy Start Initiative, Lagos, Nigeria bolajoko.olusanya@uclmail.net.
² Hospital da Criança Santo Antônio, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
⁴ Pediatrics, NIMS-Spectrum-Child Development Research Centre, NIMS Medicity Campus, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
⁵ Population Medicine, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Bandar Sungai Long, Malaysia.
⁶ University of Groningen, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Neurology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

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Keywords: rehabilitation.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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