We are happy to announce that our partner’s Pain Alliance Europe project, the Brain, Mind, and Pain Patient-Centred Innovation Grant reached its second edition. The project was initiated by Pain Alliance Europe and supported by Grünenthal Group with the main aim...
The International Symposium on Pain in Vulnerable Populations held in Novi Sad, Serbia on March 30th 2019, was hosted by UITBS-SAPRT, and endorsed by EFIC as well as governmental and academic institutions on a national level. After a year of work, the program was both...
EFIC supports any program that contributes to a healthier lifestyle, especially in regards to physical activity, that we encourage through our On The Move Campaign. Besides, we are active on the Health Policy Platform thanks to our stakeholders group. On 1 April...
The European Pain Federation EFIC released its first quarterly 2019 newsletter. Check out our last updates on Pain Research, Pain Education and Advocacy as well the latest news from the Federation Chapters here!
In 2009, SIP was founded as a mutual initiative of European Pain Federation EFICand Grünenthal. In 2011, Pain Alliance Europe (PAE) joined the SIP platform to represent the patients in this initiative. This has been a huge step to address the real needs of patients....
Dear Friends Spring is in the air in most parts of Europe and I am looking forward to an exciting year ahead. Brexit is looming large on the horizon with a lot of uncertainties as the UK Parliament is going through endless debates, but I see no such divisions in our...
The 14th Belgrade International Symposium on Pain (14th BISOP) will be held in Belgrade, Serbia from May, 17 to 18, 2019. Over time, BISOP became the most important multidisciplinary symposium in the field of pain medicine, not just in Serbia, but also in the region....
The Portuguese Social Impact of Pain (SIP) platform, which brings together patient groups, industry and healthcare professionals, held a meeting on March 18th in Lisbon, Portugal. The meeting aimed at promoting dialogue around tangible measures to alleviate the impact...
On March 20, the Portuguese Social Pain Platform (SIP Portugal) organized a meeting with eight companies from different sectors of activity to present measures that aim to promote the maintenance of work or professional reintegration of the person with chronic pain,...
Abstracts are the lifeblood of any scientific meeting. Presenting your work via a poster or oral presentation can often be a first step for a researcher in their academic career. The more abstracts submitted to a congress, the stronger the grassroots of the scientific...
The European Pain Federation is offering a 6-month traineeship focusing on communications. The trainee would also be expected to support on other aspects of association management, such as events organisation and administrative support. The traineeship will be based...
Lucile joined the EFIC team in January as a trainee in Communications and will be among us until early July. She helps us with communication & marketing as well as the organization management & administration. Lucile is French, and is currently completing a...
New pain schools are coming in Klagenfurt, Austria (program already available here) and Venice, Italy! We will publish the deadline for application soon. The Pain Schools are courses aimed at young (preferably under 45 years) European medical doctors and allied health...
On 6 March, the Interest Group on Brain, Mind and Pain held a meeting in the European Parliament bringing together patient organisations, institutions and industry to discuss the stigma and discrimination attached to long-term neurological disorders (i.e. migraine,...
The Belgian Pain Society and the international humanitarian medical NGO, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), organized a thematic symposium on “Pain in victims of conflicts, tortures and refugees” on February 21th in Brussels at the MSF premises. A multidisciplinary panel...
