Bulekbayeva, SholpanDaribayev, ZholtayOspanova, SholpanVento, Sandro2017-12-132017-12-132017-04-01Sholpan Bulekbayeva, Zholtay Daribayev, Sholpan Ospanova, Sandro Vento, Cerebral palsy: a multidisciplinary, integrated approach is essential, In The Lancet Global Health, Volume 5, Issue 4, 2017, Page e4012214109Xhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X17300827http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/2864Cerebral palsy, a syndrome of motor impairment resulting from a lesion in the developing brain, has a worldwide prevalence of 1·0–3·5 per 1000 livebirths.A life-course perspective needs to be adopted as more children live into their adolescence and adulthood. Individuals' participation in life and availability of family-centred services are very important and differ between countries. In low-income countries, most treatments are provided by families and multidisciplinary assessment is done in rural clinics.enOpen Access - the content is available to the general publicArticle© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.