EFIC Advocacy Committee Virtual Meeting 2022
The European Pain Federation EFIC campaigns to improve government policies that affect pain and to raise awareness of the importance of pain, including its management, treatment and prevention, amongst patients and the general public. In October 2022, a virtual...
European Pain Forum Virtual Meeting 2022
The European Pain Federation EFIC was excited to host the annual European Pain Forum meeting on 12 October 2022 virtually. The forum brings together all key European scientific societies and patients to collaborate on scientific and educational projects in the field...
Pain Awareness Month 2022
About Pain Awareness Month September is declared Pain Awareness Month by The World Health Assembly (WHA) – a subsection of the World Health Organization (WHO). The month is dedicated to raising public awareness and understanding of pain. The epidemic of pain The...
Why We Do ‘Advocacy’ – Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan Case Study
What Is The Beating Cancer Plan? Pain is a common symptom in patients who survive cancer and in those who live with progressive advanced disease. Evidence from meta‐analyses suggests that pain remains poorly controlled for a large proportion of patients; barriers to...