European Year Against Pain

European and Global Year Against Pain in the Most Vulnerable

Since 2001, European Pain Federation EFIC® has held a centrally coordinated event named ‘The European Week Against Pain’ (EWAP). The 1st European Week against Pain was launched in the European Parliament.

From 2012 onwards, the event was known in Europe as the ‘European Year Against Pain’ (EYAP) with a centrally coordinated annual theme. National Chapters hold activities to gain attention amongst the medical community, the general public, and local media.

The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) with the collaboration of the European Pain Federation EFIC® provides briefing packs and factsheets on the designated theme, so that a general message can be unified globally and across Europe.

This year’s theme is pain in the most vulnerable

This 2019 European and Global Year Against Pain in the Most Vulnerable focuses on the following vulnerable populations:

Pain in older persons (including pain in dementia)
Pain in infants and young children
Pain in individuals with cognitive impairments (non dementia-related) or psychiatric disorders
Pain in survivors of torture

Previous Years’ Themes 2013-2018

2018 – Excellence in Pain Education
2017 – Pain after surgery
2016 – Pain in the joints
2015 – 2014 – Neuropathic Pain
2014 – 2013 – Orofacial Pain

European Pain Federation 2019 congress

Dedicated session at EFIC will be focused on the theme of pain in the most vulnerable – We spoke to Professor Patricia Schofield about how allied professionals can benefit from attending EYAP sessions at the upcoming congress. Watch it here

Resources

European resources

Societal Impact of Pain/EFIC resources and national best practices on pain in the most vulnerable

Pain in Youth Prof Miro
Pediatric Pain research in Spain Algos research group
Do We need policies addressing pain in the elderlies? Prof Schofield
German informative guidebook on dementia and pain Dr. Roth-Brons and Christoph Roth

European Journal of Pain

Collected articles from the European Journal of Pain 2018 and earlier related to this theme available here

Global resources

Aims and Objectives of the 2019 Global Year
Access new collected articles from PAIN from 2019 on pain in the most vulnerable
Access archived collected articles from PAIN and PAIN Reports from 2018 and earlier related to this theme
Save the date for upcoming webinars for the 2019 Global Year Against Pain in the Most Vulnerable Webinar Series

Factsheets

Below are Global and European Year Fact Sheets prepared by top experts on various aspects of vulnerable populations. The documents are free to download.

Pain in older persons, including pain in dementia

Pain in infants and children

Pain in individuals with cognitive impairments (non dementia-related) or psychiatric disorders

Pain in survivors of torture

How to get involved

Tell us about your upcoming Global and European Year activities
Follow the #GYPainVulnerable conversation on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to learn about new Global Year publications, resources, and activities
Follow the #EYPainVulnerable conversation on the EFIC channels: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
Include the Global Year logo and the European Year logo your website, event flyers, announcements, social media posts, and other material (various formats available here)

Factsheet translations

Check here periodically for Fact Sheets translated into one of the languages of the 37 chapters of EFIC. We will post these as they become available. Please let us know if you would like to translate the Fact Sheets and contact us at secretary@efic.org