Burden of disability in children and adolescents must be integrated into the global health agenda

BMJ. 2021 Mar 17:372:n9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n9.

¹ World Health Organization, Sensory Functions, Disability and Rehabilitation, Geneva, Switzerland ciezaa@who.int.
² World Health Organization, Sensory Functions, Disability and Rehabilitation, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ EUSES, University of Girona, Girona, Spain.
⁴ World Health Organization, Data and Analytics Department, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Munich, Germany.
⁶ World Health Organization, Newborn Health, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁷ World Health Organization, Brain Health, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁸ Unicef, Programme Division, Health Section, New York, USA.
⁹ World Health Organization, Adolescent and Young Adult Health, Geneva, Switzerland.

Abstract

Alarcos Cieza and colleagues argue that services for children and young people with disability need greater priority