ReviewThe Lancet. Global health2022
Accelerating progress on early childhood development for children under 5 years with disabilities by 2030.
Review in The Lancet. Global health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Genome-wide association meta-analysis of age at onset of walking in over 70,000 infants of European ancestry.Nature human behaviour · 2025Pooled it
- The prevalence of long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm-born children in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of developmental outcomes in 72 974 preterm-born children.Journal of global health · 2025Pooled it
- Strategies for addressing the needs of children with or at risk of developmental disabilities in early childhood by 2030: a systematic umbrella review.BMC medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Parental stress in families of children with special educational needs: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Determinants of health literacy in early childhood care among marginalized ethnic communities: a cross-sectional study in three border provinces of Thailand.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Psychometric evidence for assessing early childhood development in Brazil: the Child Development Diagnostic Form in the Criança Feliz Program.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
- Correlates of social participation of children with special healthcare needs: baseline of the PART-CHILD study.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Exploring prevalence and key determinants of developmental difficulties among young children: a cross-sectional study in urban Bangladesh.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
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- Children with disabilities in nutrition programmes: Thematic analysis of training and guidelines.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Characteristics of children with disability through infant and children's health screening in South Korea.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- A Comparison of Developmental Profiles of Preschool Children with Down Syndrome, Global Developmental Delay, and Developmental Language Disorder.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The nexus between healthcare provider distribution and neonatal mortality based on the context of maternal and child healthcare services in Pakistan.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Neurodevelopmental disorders at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital: a 4-year retrospective database review.BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Article
- Advancing Mental Health and Equity Through Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The impact of family characteristics on the level of empowerment and the level of family quality of life of parents using early childhood intervention services.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2025Article
- Parenting and stimulation for child development at home: perspectives from Nurturing Care.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Benefits of being part of a support group for caregivers of children with multiple disabilities: a qualitative study.Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publica · 2024Article
- Creating Family-Centred Support for Preschoolers with Developmental Disabilities in Low-Income Countries: A Rapid Review to Guide Practitioners.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- Early Childhood Development Is Not Enough: In Defense of Children with Developmental Delays and Disabilities and Their Right to Family-Centered Early Childhood Intervention (In the Global South).Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
The likelihood of a newborn child dying before their fifth birthday (under-5 mortality rate) is universally acknowledged as a reflection of the social, economic, health, and environmental conditions in which children (and the rest of society) live, but little is known about the likelihood of a newborn child having a lifelong disability before their fifth birthday if he or she survives. Available data show that globally the likelihood of a child having a disability before their fifth birthday was ten times higher than the likelihood of dying (377·2 vs 38·2 per 1000 livebirths) in 2019. However, disability funding declined by 11·4% between 2007 and 2016, and only 2% of the estimated US$79·1 billion invested in early childhood development during this period was spent on disabilities. This funding pattern has not improved since 2016. This paper highlights the urgent need to prioritise early childhood development for the beneficiaries of global child survival initiatives who have lifelong disabilities, especially in low-income and middle-income countries, as envisioned by the Sustainable Development Goals agenda. This endeavour would entail disability-focused programming and monitoring approaches, economic analysis of interventions services, and substantial funding to redress the present inequalities among this cohort of children by 2030.
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