World Sleep Day is an annual event organized by the World Sleep Society. It encourages: 1. An understanding and awareness of the importance of sleep in overall health, 2. the recognition of and current research on the burden of sleep disorders and sleep disruption,...
International Women’s Day (IWD) is recognised worldwide on March 8th, 2023. The aim of IWD is to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, as well as a call to action for gender equality. The 2023 theme is: #EmbraceEquity. The pain...
1 in 3 people will develop shingles in their lifetime[i], yet an average of 66% of people believe they are at low risk of developing shingles and 27% of people aren’t aware of their risk of developing shingles in the next 10 years[ii]. Shingles typically presents as...
Professors Lorimer Moseley (University of South Australia, AU) and Cormac Ryan (Teesside University, UK) are leading an EFIC-endorsed, international, interdisciplinary, team of Pain Science Education researchers known as the PETAL (Pain Education Team Aspiring better...
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...
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...