News from the European Pain Federation Chapters
The European Pain Federation EFIC is pleased to share recent news and updates from our 37 national chapters below. Austria New councillor for the Austrian Pain Society Wolfgang Jaksch is head of the Outpatient Pain Clinic and Acute Pain Service, at the...
World Sleep Day 2021
World Sleep Day is an annual event organized by the World Sleep Society. The day is designed to raise awareness of sleep as a human privilege that is often compromised by the habits of modern life. The theme of the 2021 Day is Regular Sleep, Healthy Future.Ample...
European Pain Federation: Call for Volunteers
The European Pain Federation EFIC is seeking new volunteers to participate in our projects in the fields of education, research, and advocacy. The objectives of EFIC are: To improve research, education, and clinical management of pain and serve as an authoritative,...
Shape the Programme for the #EFICPainVirtualSummit 2021!
The next EFIC Virtual Pain Summit 2021 will take place on 4-6 November. As you may already be aware, the programme for the Summit is based on the four postgraduate EFIC curricula. In order to receive suggestions for the next summit programme directly from our...
Sip virtual event on europe’s beating cancer plan: report available
The Societal Impact of Pain held a virtual event on the 2nd of March 14h00-17h00 CET. The event is entitled “Ensuring Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan addresses cancer pain in quality of life, survivorship, and palliative care”. The purpose of this event was to...
#Eficplaintalking: a new campaign on health literacy
The European Pain Federation EFIC is delighted to announce the launch of the Plain Talking campaign as part of EFIC President Brona Fullen’s presidential campaign on health literacy. What is health literacy? Health literacy is how a person can find information about...
Two positions on EFIC Executive Board open for election
The 2021 European Pain Federation EFIC Council Meeting will take place in June 2021 in a virtual setting. We will be holding elections for two positions on the Executive Board. 1. President-Elect. The successful candidate will serve for two years as President-Elect,...
Sip responds to the european commission’s consultation on the strategic framework 2021-2027 for health & safety at work in the eu
European pain federation efic & pain alliance europe (pae), belgium The EU Strategic Framework (2021-2027) is a follow-up of the previous EU Strategic Framework 2014-2020. It aims to maintain and improve health & safety standards for EU workers. Below, and...
World Obesity Day 2021
World Obesity Day takes place annually on 4 March. It is organised by the World Obesity Federation, a non-profit body which is in official relations with the World Health Organisation and is a collaborating body on the Lancet Commission on Obesity. The mission of...
European Clinical Practice Recommendations on Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
European scientific community publishes consensus recommendations on opioid use for chronic non-cancer pain To allay concerns over an opioid crisis, as in the US, the European scientific community has reviewed evidence on using opioids to treat chronic non-cancer pain...Event report now available
Download the report here. Download the slides of the event here. Download the agenda here. Download the SIP Cancer Pain Policy Paper here. European Pain Federation EFIC®, Rue de Londres – Londenstraat 18, B1050 Brussels. Transparency Register no. 3510244568-04...SIP Cancer Policy Event
EVENT REPORT NOW AVAILABLE 02 MARCH 2021 _____________________ Download the report here. Download the slides of the event here. Download the agenda here. Download the SIP Cancer Pain Policy Paper here. ...
#EFIC2022 Workshop submission now open
We are pleased to announce that workshop submission for the EFIC Congress 2022 – Pain in Europe XII is now open. Due to the ongoing effects of COVID-19, #EFIC2022 will be held as a hybrid meeting, offering delegates both onsite face-to-face sessions and online...
