The Societal Impact of Pain
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ABOUT SIP
The ‘Societal Impact of Pain’ (SIP) platform is a multi-stakeholder partnership led by the European Pain Federation EFIC and Pain Alliance Europe (PAE), which aims to raise awareness of pain and change pain policies.
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The Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) Platform aims to achieve improved
care and pain management across the EU, to reduce the societal impact of the disease which touches upon all aspects of life. If you have not yet endorsed the
SIP Joint Statement, there is still time.
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News from the Societal Impact of Pain

The Report from SIP Portugal Virtual Event on Pain and Employment is Available
The Executive Committee of SIP Portugal (SIP PT) organised a Webinar entitled “Pain and Employment”, which took place...

SIP Platform Interviews André Wolff from SIP Netherlands
The Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) had the opportunity to interview André Wolff, Representative of the SIP Netherlands...

The Meeting Report From Second SIP National Platform Call of 2023 Is Now Available
The second SIP National Platform call of 2023 took place on Thursday 11th May. During the meeting, participants had...

SIP Interviews the Danish Association of Chronic Pain Afflicted (FAKS)
The Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) had the opportunity to interview team members of the Danish Association of Chronic...

Why do we need to implement the ICD-11?
SIP’s article about the importance of the implementation of the ICD-11 for the health sector was published in the...

SIP Switzerland 2022 Annual Meeting Report Now Available!
SIP Switzerland held its second Annual Meeting in 2022, during which, the objectives of the platform were discussed....

Learn More About the National Danish Pain Plan Initiatives!
Lars Bye Møller, from “The Danish Association of Chronic Pain” (FAKS), has written a very interesting article about a...