Global progress towards early childhood development for children with disabilities, 2013-2023

Affiliations

¹ Director, Centre for Healthy Start Initiative, Lagos, Nigeria bolajoko.olusanya@uclmail.net.
² NIMS-Spectrum-Child Development Research Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
³ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁴ University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Neurology and University of Groningen, Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Bolajoko O Olusanya et al. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2023 Jul.

. 2023 Jul;7(1):e002046.

doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2023-002046.

¹ Director, Centre for Healthy Start Initiative, Lagos, Nigeria bolajoko.olusanya@uclmail.net.
² NIMS-Spectrum-Child Development Research Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
³ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁴ University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Neurology and University of Groningen, Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society, Groningen, The Netherlands.

No abstract available

Keywords: Growth; Occupational therapy; Rehabilitation.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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