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Childhood Cancer International

CCI believes that every child with cancer deserves access to best possible treatment and medical care

Childhood Cancer International

The experience of a child undergoing cancer treatment can be traumatic, distressing and isolating for parents and siblings as well as the patient. The impact on the whole family has been well understood by health professionals for many years, as has, the medical needs of the child, but also the necessity to provide services which look after the emotional and social

needs of the family of the child. Parent support groups have been formed over the past thirty years to provide information and practical, emotional and financial support for families to enable them to cope with the difficulties associated with lengthy treatment – often many miles from home. The International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organizations – ICCCPO – was set up in 1994 and is an umbrella organisation currently representing 177 parent organisations in 90 countries (28/11/2014). In 2014 ICCCPO has changed the name of the organization into “CHILDHOOD CANCER INTERNATIONAL (CCI)”.

12/06/2026

Did you know? Finishing treatment is just the beginning. ⛰️ 🛣️

The beginning of a new chapter filled with new challenges, new opportunities, and new questions. Join our interactive webinar hosted by the SurNet Survivors’ Network and the International Society of Paediatric Oncology Survivorship Network as survivors, healthcare professionals, and advocates come together to explore what life after childhood cancer really looks like. 💛

Together, we’ll discuss:
🔸 Education and returning to school
🔸 Work, careers, and independence
🔸 Mental health, wellbeing, and identity
🔸 Everyday life after cancer
🔸 How communities and professionals can better support survivors long-term

Survivors’ voices and lived experiences will be at the heart of the conversation.

👥 Open to:
Childhood cancer survivors, young adults after treatment, healthcare professionals, psychologists, educators, researchers, advocates, caregivers, and anyone working in survivorship care.

📅 27 June 2026
🕓 16:00 CEST
⏱️ 90 minutes
💻 Zoom + Facebook Live
💸 Free participation

11/06/2026

✍🏻 SAVE THE DATE
🖥️ Webinar
Medicines for All: Why Access is an Advocacy Issue, Not Just a Medical One

📅 30 June 2026�🕐 1 PM CEST - Paris Time

Around the world, access to medicines, treatment, and care is becoming more difficult.
📈 Rising prices�📦 Shortages of essential medicines�⚖️ Growing inequalities affecting patients and families everywhere

This is more than a medical issue - it is an advocacy issue. It’s time to understand the challenges, share experiences, and work together to create change.

👉🏻 Join us in this important global conversation on access to medication and why it matters for every child, every family, everywhere.

🔔 Registration opens soon - stay tuned!

09/06/2026

🏨 Considering joining us in San Antonio, but worried about accommodation costs?

We have good news. CCI is offering a limited number of accommodation stipends of up to €750 to help more members of our community attend the 32nd CCI Annual Conference.

We would love to welcome as many members of our global community as possible to San Antonio this September to connect, learn, share experiences, and help shape the future of childhood cancer support and advocacy.

💛 If accommodation costs are standing in the way of your participation, we encourage you to apply.

📅 Application deadline: 15 June 2026
👉 Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeM6lka_dDMclD9A5pjxgH0HzZ18fl5LqGEUcunq-m5mCFSLA/viewform

01/06/2026

Life after childhood cancer comes with new challenges, new questions, and new possibilities 💛

Join this interactive webinar hosted by the SurNet Survivors’ Network and the International Society of Paediatric Oncology Survivorship Network, bringing together survivors, healthcare professionals, and advocates to explore what survivorship really looks like beyond treatment.

Together, we’ll discuss:
🔸 Education and returning to school
🔸 Work, careers, and independence
🔸 Mental health, wellbeing, and identity
🔸 Everyday life after cancer
🔸 How communities and professionals can better support survivors long-term

Survivors’ voices and lived experiences will be at the heart of the conversation.

👥 Open to:
Childhood cancer survivors, young adults after treatment, healthcare professionals, psychologists, educators, researchers, advocates, caregivers, and anyone working in survivorship care.

📅 27 June 2026
🕓 16:00 CET
⏱️ 90 minutes
💻 Zoom + Facebook Live
💸 Free participation

Registration link is in the comments ⏬️

27/05/2026

CCI Latam Conference, 2026. Day 1 was insightful, eye-opening, and cozy. Can't wait for day 2!

25/05/2026

💛 Today is a happy day!
We are proud to share a wonderful update from one of the beneficiaries of CCI’s Home Away From Home programme: the Dacha Family House in Lviv, Ukraine.

🙌🏻 In childhood cancer, geography can have a major impact on survival and access to care - something felt even more deeply in regions affected by war. That is why places like the Dacha Family House matter so much. It is more than accommodation; it is a safe and welcoming space where children and their families can find care, comfort, and hope during treatment.

🏠 We were deeply encouraged to receive overwhelmingly positive feedback about the impact the House is having on families facing childhood cancer. This would not be possible without the incredible dedication of the team behind the House, who work every day to create a warm, supportive environment for children and caregivers during some of the most difficult moments of their lives.

Thank you, FoundationS for your generous support of our Home Away From Home programme and for being part of the movement to transform childhood cancer care globally.

Родинний дім "Дача" від фонду "Запорука"

💛 Together, we can save more children’s lives.

22/05/2026

- Knock knock 👀
- Who’s there?
- CCI.
- CCI who?
- Childhood Cancer International - and we just sent you a brand-new announcement about the CCI Annual Conference 2026 📩

Check your inbox for the keynote speaker, Educational Day highlights, survivorship sessions, and more!

19/05/2026

🌍 Childhood cancer survivorship must be part of the global health agenda.
On the margins of the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Childhood Cancer International joins St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and global partners for an important side event focused on childhood cancer survivorship and its place within the noncommunicable diseases (NCD) agenda.
As more children survive cancer, the conversation must go beyond cure.
Survivors may face lifelong physical, emotional, and psychosocial challenges that require coordinated, long-term care integrated into primary health care and universal health coverage systems.
At CCI, we are proud to represent the voices of people with lived experience - survivors and families who understand firsthand what it means to live with and beyond childhood cancer.
Their perspective is essential to shaping policies, research, and health systems that truly respond to the realities of survivorship.

We are especially proud that:�💛 Moses Echodu, survivor advocate from the Uganda Child Cancer Foundation, shared his lived experience.�💛 Alejandra Méndez, Vice President of CCI, brought the global perspective of survivors and families from around the world.
Survivorship is not the end of treatment. It is the beginning of a lifelong journey that deserves recognition, support, and action.
Together, we can ensure that every child who survives cancer has the opportunity not only to live, but to live well.

World Health Organization (WHO)

18/05/2026

Today, at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, an important global conversation is taking place on the future of childhood cancer survivorship.

Childhood Cancer International is proud to support the side event: “Childhood Cancer in the Global NCD Agenda: A Call to Action for Lifelong Integration and Access to Care”

This event brings together governments, multilateral organizations, technical partners, researchers, clinicians, civil society — and critically, people with lived experience — to advance global dialogue on childhood cancer survivorship as a lifelong noncommunicable disease challenge and a health system responsibility.

We are especially proud that Alejandra Mendez, Vice President of Childhood Cancer International and a person with lived experience, will join the panel discussion to represent the voice of survivors and families worldwide.

As childhood cancer survival rates improve globally, we must ensure that survivorship is not treated as an afterthought. Survivors face lifelong health challenges that require integrated, people-centered care within primary health care, universal health coverage, and national NCD strategies.

The lived experience perspective is essential in shaping policies, research, and health systems that truly respond to the realities survivors face every day.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital International Society of Paediatric Oncology - SIOP

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