The children being left behind by South Africa’s palliative care gap.

PALPRAC board chair Dr Julia Ambler, of Umduduzi Hospice Care for Children, writes about the shortage of funded posts for children’s palliative care in South Africa, noting that at the time only one doctor nationally was state-paid to do this work, and only part-time. She also unpacks the stigma that keeps some families from accepting a palliative care referral until much later than they should.