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The life expectancy of children with life-threatening diseases of heart, liver, lungs or kidneys depends on birthplace. An infant with severe heart disease or kidney failure may have a likelihood of more than 90% to reach school age in any given old member state but of less than 10% in some of the new member states, candidates and Western Balkan countries.

The goal of CHILD is to Combat Health Inequalities in Life-threatening Diseases by creating an EU-wide platform that fosters exchange, dialogue and partnering essential for the intended subsequent projects. The two-day conference aims for approximately 80-100 participants, mostly stakeholders , involved in the care of very sick children with major organ disease, roughly evenly divided between medical health care professionals, representatives from health care authorities, insurance companies, industry and NGOs, policy makers and delegates from parents organisations.