News
Please find below some of the latest news from ICPCN and our members. You can access our newsletter here.
More news and information can also be found on the International Children’s edition of ehospice which is edited by ICPCN. Please do send us your news and stories so that we can share them.
When we transitioned to a new website we have archived all news items prior to 2022 – if you would like information about a specific news item prior to 2022 please contact Howard at communications@icpcn.org
14 Sep 2022
Hats On for Children’s Palliative Care 2022
We have been planning and waiting for this day since the year began. It is only a few weeks to the anticipated day. Can you believe it? We would like […]
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14 Sep 2022
Updates from Ukraine
“One day they will help others who have great needs with similar gifts and the chain of caring and friendship will continue.”Emily Vargas-Barón. Director of RISE Institute This article was […]
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26 Aug 2022
EPEC Paediatrics Workshop at the 7th International African Palliative Care Conference
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11 Aug 2022
Monica Baker runs the London Marathon to raise funds for children’s palliative care
The London Marathon is an annual event held in London, United Kingdom. The marathon is typically held in April, but this year it has moved to October due to the […]
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05 Aug 2022
Pain-relief shortage in poorer countries ‘due to stigma of US opioids crisis’
Please find an article in the Guardian where palliative doctors call for relaxation of laws to redress huge unmet need for drugs among majority of world’s population. Please follow this […]
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25 Jul 2022
150th day of Russian invasion of Ukraine
Cities and villages have been destroyed, we have innocent victims and millions of displaced people. Russia takes in Ukrainian children, distributes Russian passports, imposes Russian culture in educational institutions, and […]
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20 Jul 2022
New e-learning course on Children’s Palliative Care in Humanitarian Settings
Photo Credit: Flickr/United to end genocide The International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN) is excited to launch a new e-learning course on Children’s Palliative Care in Humanitarian Settings. The course […]
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04 Jul 2022
Join hands for kids of Ukraine
A group of children’s palliative care practitioners have come together to help palliative care needs of children and their clinicians in Ukraine. ‘The Rome Declaration of Palliative Care for Children in Ukraine’ […]
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