Barbara Gomes, Researcher and Floriani Chair in Palliative Care shared a post by Julia Downing, Chief Executive Officer at International Children’s Palliative Care Network, on LinkedIn, adding:
“Hugely important paper, thank you Julia Downing, Felicia Marie Knaul et al for the amazing work making these refined global estimates for children.
To me a striking finding is the major shift from dying to living with serious health-related suffering (SHS):
‘The annual number of children experiencing SHS changed little between 1990 and 2023, but the SHS burden shifted from primarily decedents toward non-decedents, with non-decedents accounting for 59% of the total burden of SHS in children in 1990 to 81% in 2023.’
So many years of life of these little persons and their family members for us (palliative care, pediatrics, family, friends) to make a difference.”
Quoting Julia Downing‘s post:
“Excited to see our paper has been published.”
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