Doctors urge supports for children hit hardest by pandemic

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Mental health, disability and pediatric services need to be “urgently scaled up” for disadvantaged children disproportionately affected by the knock-on effects of the pandemic.

That’s according to a new report compiled by public health doctors and pediatricians looking at how to address the impact of school closures on children experiencing marginalisation and homelessness.