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The World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (WFPICCS) was established in Paris, in September 1997. It arose from the vision of several world leaders in the field of pediatric critical care who saw the opportunity to combine international expertise, experience and influence to improve the outcomes of children suffering from life threatening illness and injury.
It was recognized that, by connecting national societies into an international network, they could achieve more than any one nation working alone. They envisioned a global community that would further research and distribute knowledge needed to care for critically ill infants and children. Working together, the Federation can set priorities, provide resources to pursue new knowledge and link working groups around the world to build on current research. It can also host forums for discussion on how these research findings can be adapted and implemented to provide options for practitioners in a range of settings around the world.
WFPICCS is committed to a global environment in which all children have access to intensive and critical care of the highest standard. With this in mind, WFPICCS has defined its mission as exclusively educational, scientific and charitable in nature. It exists to find ways of improving the care of critically ill children throughout the world, and make that knowledge available to those who care for the children.
Currently, WFPICCS has over 25 national, international and regional member societies representing over 10,000 pediatric and neonatal critical care physicians, nurses and allied health care workers. The spirit of the Federation is embedded in the close relationship and working together with colleagues around the world to achieve our mission.
As a collective body, WFPICCS has achieved several milestones since its beginning. The 5th World Congress in Geneva is an example of our ongoing series of successful congresses that have gathered colleagues from all corners of the world to share knowledge and advance the pediatric and neonatal critical care specialties. In between, various regional educational meetings have been organised, supported or sponsored by the Federation. Our website www.wfpiccs.org has become a venue for discussion and debate on professional issues. The Sepsis Initiative, a worldwide campaign to decrease the burden and ravage of sepsis in children, is now online at our website. The journal Pediatric Critical Care Medicine is the Federation's official journal. The journal covers a full range of scientific content. Additionally, the journal includes abstracts of selected articles published in Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish translations - making news of advances in the field available to pediatric and neonatal intensive and critical care practitioners worldwide.
WFPICCS continues to take care of critically sick children and their families by reaching out and collaborating internationally with pediatric and neonatal critical care professionals.