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Informative Article | Social Science | Kazakhstan | Volume 9 Issue 4, April 2020

Socially Significant Diseases of Childhood and Adolescence: Cerebral Palsy and Its Causes, Risk Factors

Otarbayeva Aina | Maulen Aidana ^[2]

Abstract: The article is devoted to the problems of state support for people suffering from socially significant diseases in Kazakhstan. The authors of the article give a description of the cerebral palsy. The article provides an analysis of the frequency and growth of children with cerebral palsy. The main risk factors for this disease, the causes of occurrence, as well as indicators of the effectiveness of national policies in the prevention of cerebral palsy are shown. One of the urgent tasks of the healthcare system is the medical and social rehabilitation of children with disabilities. Over the past few years, there has been a clear tendency toward an increase in childhood disability in our country, and more attention needs to be paid to the etiology and diagnosis of disabling diseases, and the problems of children with disabilities.

Keywords: cerebral palsy, disability, risk factors, infancy, medical care

Edition: Volume 9 Issue 4, April 2020,

Pages: 312 - 316