Health policy and systems research for rehabilitation: a call for papers.

The authors reflect on the importance of access to rehabilitation as a basic human rights and a call for papers by the journal on the promotion of rehabilitation though health policy and systems research. Also cited are the inclusion of rehabilitation in the universal health coverage (UHC) target of the sustainable development goals, and how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic showed the need for rehabilitation in the acute, post-acute and long-term stages of infectious diseases.