Advancing early childhood development for children with disabilities and the Global Disability Summit 2025

Bolajoko O Olusanya¹, Olaf Kraus de Camargo², Sheffali Gulati³, Shanti Raman^{4

5}

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¹ Director, Centre for Healthy Start Initiative, Lagos, Nigeria bolajoko.olusanya@uclmail.net.
² Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
³ Child Neurology Division, Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Department of Community Paediatrics, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
⁵ Women's & Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 40555557
PMCID: PMC12198823
DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2025-003595

Advancing early childhood development for children with disabilities and the Global Disability Summit 2025

Bolajoko O Olusanya et al. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 24;9(1):e003595.

doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2025-003595.

Authors

Bolajoko O Olusanya¹, Olaf Kraus de Camargo², Sheffali Gulati³, Shanti Raman^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Director, Centre for Healthy Start Initiative, Lagos, Nigeria bolajoko.olusanya@uclmail.net.
² Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
³ Child Neurology Division, Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Department of Community Paediatrics, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
⁵ Women's & Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 40555557
PMCID: PMC12198823
DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2025-003595

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Keywords: Child Health; Developing Countries; Health Policy; Low and Middle Income Countries; Rehabilitation.

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Competing interests: The authors are editors of the Special Collection on Disability and Development in Early Childhood in this journal and have no other conflicts of interest to disclose.

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