Video Statement of Prof. Dr. Martin Rakuša – SIP 2019
Prof. Dr. Martin Rakuša is a representative of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) which is one of the main endorsing organisations of the SIP platform. He talked about the multi-stakeholder approach against pain and how every partner can contribute in the...Video Statement of Nevenka Krčevski Škvarč – SIP 2019
Nevenka Krčevski Škvarč is one of the Initiators of SIP Slovenia, which has been established in 2019. She talks about the first national SIP meeting in Slovenia in 2011 where they already discussed SIP in National Council of the Republic of Slovenia. Nevenka K....Video Statement of Gertrude A. Buttigieg – SIP 2019
National platforms are key to raise the issue of the impact of pain with policy makers and stakeholders. Established in 2016, the SIP Malta platform has already achieved a lot. Gertrude A. Buttigieg from the Malta Health Network (MHN) talks about the...
SIP Malta Workshop January 2020
SIP Malta has been the first SIP national platform in Europe which has been established in 2016 on the occasion of the SIP 2017 Symposium held in June 2017during the Maltese Presidency of the EU council. Due to the lack of data on the needs of pain patients in Malta a...
EFIC co-organising pain session on cannabinoids at EAN congress
EFIC and the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) are co-organising a session at the EAN congress on the use of cannabinoids for chronic pain. The ‘controversies’ session will be addressed by EFIC Board member Prof. Elon Eisenberg. ‘The use of cannabinoids for chronic...
Why do people develop chronic pain?
As a good start in 2020 the European commission published a dedicated issue on pain – “Why do people develop chronic pain” in the “Horizon, the EU research & Innovation magazine“. Mood disorders and the discovery of a pain signalling organ in the...
2020 is the European Year For The Prevention of Pain!
Since 2012, the European Pain Federation EFIC and the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) have fought for greater awareness of pain through the European/Global Year Against Pain campaign. In 2020, the theme of the campaign is the Prevention of Pain....
EFIC Fellowship Experience by Aleksei Potaturko
We are happy to share the experience of one of our EFIC Fellows, Aleksei Potaturko, who had the opportunity to attend the EFIC fellowship at the Leuven Centre for Algology & Pain Management of the University Hospitals Leuven in Belgium: “My fellowship took...
25th Anniversary of the First Pain Clinic in Lithuania
The first pain clinic of Lithuania was established at the Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos twenty five years ago. The anniversary was commemorated at a special conference which took place on October 11, 2019. The keynote speech was held by Dr Alfredas...
EFIC Position Paper: Standards for the management of cancer‐related pain across Europe now open access
Why this paper? 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 good management...
EFIC-Grünenthal-Grant (E-G-G) Relaunching in 2020
In February 2020, the EFIC-Grünenthal Grant (E-G-G) will reopen applications for its pain research grant worth a total of €200,000. E-G-G is a research grant scheme awarded by the European Pain Federation EFIC and sponsored by the pharmaceutical company Grünenthal...
SIP Symposium 2019 – Bringing Pain Policy to the next Decade
More than 200 people attended the international SIP 2019 Symposium in Brussels “Bringing Pain Policy to the next Decade” and many followed the SIP Symposium of November 7th via live stream. With 50 speakers including policy makers, patient representatives and...
2020 Global and European Year for Pain Prevention – how you can get involved
What is the Global and European Year Against Pain? 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...
