As the WHO Palliative Care Action Forum in Seoul draws to an end, there’s still plenty to celebrate! 🌍
It’s been a fantastic opportunity for meaningful conversations, new connections and sharing learning.
#ICPCN #ChildrensPalliativeCare #WHO #ClosetheGap4CPC
🌍 WHO Palliative Care Action Forum in Seoul!
@julia_downing & Lizzie Chambers are representing #ICPCN at the WHO convened Palliative Care Working Group meeting. Julia shared a workstream update on #ClosetheGap4CPC to improve access to CPC worldwide.
#WHO #CPC
🎄 Make your Christmas shopping count! ❤️ UK supporters have already raised £175 for ICPCN through @easyuk
Shop online at 8,000+ brands at no extra cost and help children access the palliative care they need. 🌍
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🌍 We’re proud to endorse GPON 2026 during #LondonGlobalCancerWeek!
Join nurses, cancer survivors & cancer care professionals on 3 November to explore how empowered oncology nurses can transform cancer care worldwide.
🎟️ Register free: lgcw.org.uk/
#GPON2026
🎩💚 What a fantastic #HatsOn4CPC 2026!
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who wore a hat, raised awareness and helped shine a spotlight on children’s palliative care worldwide. 🌍
🎥 Take a look at some of this year’s highlights!
#ClosetheGap4CPC
💡Join our ICPCN Research Hub Series: Research Incubator!
📅 10 November 2026 | ⏰ 17:00–18:00 GMT
Connect, share ideas and spark collaboration in children’s palliative care research with speakers Micha Massad and Dorothy Adong Olet.
#ICPCN #ChildrensPalliativeCare
ICPCN retweeted
Lovely to spend time with colleagues @julia_downing (@ICPCN) and @JohtChandan!
#PalliativeCare #GlobalHealth #BreastCancerAwareness #UCLA
[Visual description: Three colleagues smile together in a hotel lobby beneath a branching chandelier, in front of a gold artwork and a mustard velvet armchair.]
🌍 The 7th @MaruzzaCongress is underway in Rome!
ICPCN Chief Executive Prof @julia_downing and Board members Dr @mcneilm87, Dr @EmilyHarrop9 and Prof @justinnbaker are all speaking.
Advancing PPC through research and shared learning! #ICPCN #MaruzzaCongress2026
🐣 Great to see early bird registration is still open for #APHC27OPCC! Join the palliative care community in #Adelaide, 20–23 April 2027, under the theme “Stronger Together”.
🔗 Register: aphc27opcc.com/registration/ @aphnofficial
🎓 Studying for a PhD, MPhil or other higher research degree in #Children’sPalliativeCare?
Join our first ICPCN Research Student Circle on 26 October at 18:00 GMT! 🤝
Connect, share experiences and find support.
🔗 Sign up: research.icpcn.org/
#ICPCNResearchHub
🔬 Help grow the #ICPCNResearchHub!
🔸Create your researcher profile
🔸Share your ongoing studies
🔸Connect and collaborate with fellow researchers
Together, we can strengthen global collaboration and advance children's palliative care research.
🔗 research.icpcn.org
💜 Honouring grief
In this heartfelt story, Michaela Evanow shares how the experiences of bereaved parents can shape more compassionate children’s palliative care.
Thank you to Michaela and @CanuckPlace for sharing this important perspective.
bit.ly/4ytbEGJ
🚀 Today’s the day! Join us for the launch celebration of the #ICPCNResearchHub.
📅 Today, 13th October 17:30-19:00 GMT
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4r8Dp5H
We hope you'll join us and be part of the conversation! 🌍🔬✨
#Research #ICPCN
📢 New paper published today!
Led by Dr Eve Namisango, @APCAssociation, along with our CEO @julia_downing, it explores co-designing principles to involve children and young people in palliative care research.
📖 Read the paper: bit.ly/4AYImm9
#ChildrensPalliativeCare
🧢 Let’s keep the hats rolling! What an incredible #HatsOn4CPC day yesterday! 🎉🎩 If you’re continuing your events this weekend, keep sharing your photos and tagging ICPCN. Let’s keep raising awareness and #ClosetheGap4CPC! 🌍
From #HatsOn4CPC to #WHPCDay26! 🌍
This year’s @whpca #WHPCDay26 theme is Pain Management: An Essential Part of Palliative Care. Every child deserves effective pain management. Let’s #ClosetheGap4CPC!
📄 Our policy brief: bit.ly/4ixWMCI
🔗More: icpcn.org/close-the-gap/
🎩🌍 WHAT A DAY! Thank you to everyone who took part in #HatsOn4CPC today! From homes and workplaces to healthcare teams and communities worldwide, you’ve helped raise awareness of children’s palliative care. The message continues: #ClosetheGap4CPC! 🧡
💚 Behind every hat is a reason. Today we’re having fun, but #HatsOn4CPC also has a serious purpose: raising awareness of children’s palliative care and helping #ClosetheGap4CPC. 🌍🎩
What does your hat stand for?
Read more about Close the Gap here: icpcn.org/close-the-gap/
Greater Accra Regional Hospital Ghana have certainly been getting into the #HatsOn4CPC spirit today!! 🎉🌍
ICPCN retweeted
Today is Hats On for Palliative Care Day! 🎩 “What hat will you wear to close the gap?”
We’re privileged to provide compassionate, family-centred care, and for the opportunity to be part of closing the gap for children and families who need palliative care. #HatsOn4CPC
