We invite you to join an important webinar, Closing the Gaps: Raising Awareness of the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines, hosted by St Jude Children’s Research Hospital and World Health Organization. Date: 29 May 2025 Time: 9:00–10:30am CDT / 16:00–17:30 CEST Location: Online https://stjudeglobal.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G7lR_LL5Q2iezXJd5zJszg As the Global Platform for Access to Childhood [...]

SIOP and Childhood Cancer International (CCI) invite you to join us for Survivor’s Month 2025, a global event celebrating and empowering childhood cancer survivors and their families. This year’s theme, “A New Chapter – Adapting, Connecting, and Moving Forward”, reflects our commitment to resilience, community, and progress in survivorship care. To accommodate our international community, [...]

Dear Colleagues, We are excited to announce that our second annual virtual Young SIOP Network Annual Business Meeting (ABM) is a short ONE WEEK AWAY! Date: Wednesday, 28 May 2025 Time: 15:00 CEST Register here for members Register here for non-members Meeting is open to everyone This year’s meeting will feature a keynote lecture “Exceptional […]

The practice of paediatric oncology pharmacy (POP) has been in existence in Africa for several decades. However, most POP practitioners lack formal education and training. Training and credentialing of pharmacists requires the availability of an appropriate curriculum developed to meet local needs. Hence, the African POP technical working group (TWG) of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) embarked on a process to develop a curriculum in POP.

World Health Assembly (WHA) 2025, Geneva, Switzerland 2025 is pivotal year in the global health agenda, especially for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health. At WHA78, we will be looking ahead to the Fourth High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (HLM4) in 2025 when the Heads of States and Government will come together to […]

I am delighted to announce the publication of Foundation S – The Sanofi Collective’s 2024 Impact Report, which illustrates the Foundation’s progress and achievements to build the resilience of health systems around the world. In each of our areas of commitment, we draw on our unique “think and do tank” model to leverage collective action […]

At the IPA Congress 2025 in Mexico, themed “Bridging Borders for Child Health: Facing Challenges & Global Solutions,” we co-hosted the official release of the IPA–SIOP Certificate Course in Paediatric Oncology. This groundbreaking initiative underscores the global commitment to strengthening paediatric cancer care, particularly in resource-limited settings. This session was led by IPA Education Chairpersons [...]

At SIOP, we celebrate opportunities that build capacity and foster global collaboration in paediatric oncology. The St. Jude Global Academy in Pediatric Onco-Critical Care (GA-POCC) is a comprehensive programme designed to equip clinicians with the skills and knowledge to improve outcomes for critically ill children with cancer, especially in low-resource settings. In this blog, Ahmed [...]