OtherDevelopmental medicine and child neurology2026

Urgent need for services to support children with and at risk of developmental disabilities in low- and middle-income countries.

Nathaniel Scherer, Cally J Tann, Hannah Kuper

PMID 40925725

WHAT IT FOUND

This commentary argues that children with developmental disabilities in low- and middle-income countries urgently need better access to neonatal care and early intervention.

It highlights service gaps but reports no original data or outcomes.

What this paper is

This is an editorial commentary discussing the need for improved neonatal care and early intervention services for children with developmental disabilities in low- and middle-income countries. It references other studies but reports no original methods, data, or outcomes of its own. There is no new finding here to act on clinically.

Declared interests

Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

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    Nathaniel Scherer, Cally J Tann, Hannah Kuper Urgent need for services to support children with and at risk of developmental disabilities in low- and middle-income countries. Developmental medicine and child neurology. 2026.

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