Children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions have very specific and unique palliative care needs, often different to those of adults. The International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN) shares a vision that these total needs should be met to encompass physical, emotional, spiritual and developmental aspects of care.
Join ICPCN and help to make the voices of children and young people heard, acknowledged and respected across the world
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According to the results of a Government survey released this month, Angola has made significant strides towards reducing maternal and infant mortality since 2002, with the mortality rate for children under five dropping from 250 to 195 per 1,000 live births. During the same period, the maternal mortality ratio decreased from 1,400 to 660 per 100,000 live births.
Using a $225,000 microscope, researchers have identified the key components of a protein called TRIM5α that destroys HIV in rhesus monkeys.
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- United States of America: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- United Kingdom: Main Building, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales
The ICPCN is the only international network of organisations and individuals working within all children’s palliative care services across the world. We believe that every life-limited child deserves a high standard of total care, wherever they live in the world.
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ICPCN advocates and raises awareness of the needs of life-limited children and their families. We are lobbying for the global development of dedicated children's palliative care services.
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Join ICPCN today, and help put children’s palliative care on the world map.
The ICPCN is a member of the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance where it represents the voice for children and young people.
www.thewpca.org
- Our Objectives
- ICPCN International Directory
- PaedPalCare - ACT's Paediatric Palliative Care Mailing List
- ACT's PaedPal Literature Search
- Subscribe to ChiPPS Pediatric Palliative Care Newsletters
- The ICPCN Charter
- WHO Fact Sheets on Infant Mortality
- The True Colours Trust
- Definition of Children's Palliative Care
- Palliative Care Network
- Join our cause on Facebook
