The joint statement has been prepared by the SIP Portugal platform in March 2019 and presents the common position of all those involved and proposes actions to be taken, relevant to pain, in two categories: employment and education. There is a need to develop policies and design action strategies so that many of the key problems identified are reduced. This is only possible if there is an effective and preventive intervention of public policies in health. The document is a great example how a national SIP platform should address societal impact of pain topics to policy makers and is a helpful tool for other SIP national platforms to prepare similar documents for national use

Joint Declaration of the Platform for the Social Impact of P…

The joint statement has been prepared by the SIP Portugal platform in March 2019 and presents the common position of all those involved and proposes a…

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The 2019-2020 Call for Proposals will be available online on the website of BMP Grant for a period of 6 months starting July 2019.

Call for Proposals - Brain, Mind, and Pain (BMP) Patient-Cen…

The 2019-2020 Call for Proposals will be available online on the website of BMP Grant for a period of 6 months starting July 2019.…

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Last year the European international research project IMI-PainCare started aiming at improving the care of patients suffering from acute and chronic pain. The consortium of 40 partners from academia, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), pain societies, patient organisations and companies from the pharmaceutical industry has been working together in an unprecedented close collaboration and it is a pleasure to inform you about the achievements.

What has happened since IMI Pain Care was launched?

Last year the European international research project IMI-PainCare started aiming at improving the care of patients suffering from acute and…

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The Pontifical Academy for Life presented on Ascension day, Thursday 30 Mai in Berlin the "PAL-LIFE - White Book for the worldwide promotion of palliative care". The Vatican provides important recommendations in the book on how each social group can contribute to palliative care.  PAL-LIFE has been developed by international palliative care experts. Among the experts: Thomas Sitte, CEO of the German Palliative Foundation whom you might recognise as speaker at several SIP meetings.  During a press conference in the Apostolic Nunciature in Berlin, Sitte referred to the great value of the White Paper: "It should and can form a practical basis for all institutions that are involved in health care in some form." The White Paper offers assistance to draw up much-needed recommendations. Governments and health care providers could use PAL-LIFE as a basic strategies checklist to reduce concerns for suffering patients and their loved ones. Sitte: "PAL-LIFE is a building block for disseminating necessary and well-founded knowledge. So we can calmly and factually explain that we do not need businesslike aid for suicide in Germany in order to alleviate suffering." Please read the full article in German.

White Book for the worldwide promotion of palliative care

The Pontifical Academy for Life presented on Ascension day, Thursday 30 Mai in Berlin the "PAL-LIFE - White Book for the worldwide promotion of pallia…

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The European Commission has announced a €13.2 billion budget for the last year of its flagship research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020. This final tranche of the overall €80 billion Horizon 2020 budget is 6.4 percent higher than 2019. The commission expects the 2020 budget to be approved by the parliament and agreed in the EU council by November. Please read the full article.

Proposed Horizon 2020 budget 6.4 percent higher than 2019

The European Commission has announced a €13.2 billion budget for the last year of its flagship research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020. This f…

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On May 20, SIP Portugal organized two meetings - one with associations representing occupational health and one with scientific societies. The meeting was attended by: Ana Paula Rosa - Organização Internacional do Trabalho Diana Policarpo - Autoridade para as Condições do Trabalho Elisabete Roldão - Associação Portuguesa de Terapeutas Ocupacionais Natacha Pereira - Associação de Farmácias de Portugal   On the same day, SIP Portugal also organized a meeting with scientific societies composed of health professionals to present the recommendations on employability and education for chronic pain. The meeting was attended by: Aida Botelho de Sousa – Sociedade Portuguesa de Hematologia Ana Joaquim – Sociedade Portuguesa de Oncologia Ana Lacerda – Associação Portuguesa de Cuidados Paliativos Ana Paula Martins – Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Pediátrica Bruno Santiago – Sociedade Portuguesa de Neurocirurgia Carla Corsello – Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicossomática Isabel Trindade – Ordem dos Psicólogos Elsa Parreira – Sociedade Portuguesa de Cefaleias Elsa Silva – Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas Helena Farinha – Ordem dos Farmacêuticos José Eduardo Aguiar – Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia Sónia Bernardes – Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia    At these two meetings the following SIP members were present: Ana Pedro - Associação Portuguesa para o Estudo da Dor Catarina Martins - Liga Portuguesa Contra as Doenças Reumáticas Duarte Correia - Associação Portuguesa para o Estudo da Dor Graça Mesquita - Associação Portuguesa para o Estudo da Dor Joaquim Brites - Associação Portuguesa de Neuromusculares Lúcia Pinto - Força 3P - Associação de Pessoas com Dor Maria Teresa Flor de Lima - Associação Atlântica de Apoio ao Doente Machado-Joseph / Associação de Doentes de Dor Crónica dos Açores Maria Tereza Fernandes - Associação de Doentes "Da DOR Para a DOR" Margarida Martins - Associação de Doentes com Lúpus Paula Cruz - Sociedade Portuguesa de Esclerose Múltipla

SIP Portugal organises dialogues on the employability of peo…

On May 20, SIP Portugal organized two meetings - one with associations representing occupational health and one with scientific societies. The meeting…

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In the midst of the elections, SIP wanted to ensure MEP candidates were aware that chronic pain is big issue in their Member State and ask for their support in keeping it on the EU health policy agenda in the next mandate

Making the voice of all addressing the societal impact of pa…

In the midst of the elections, SIP wanted to ensure MEP candidates were aware that chronic pain is big issue in their Member State and ask for their s…

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Many SIP activities will happen at the bi-annual congress on 4-7 September 2019. For the first time the learnings and achievements of SIP national platforms (NP) will be shared with the multi-disciplinary pain community.  SIP National platform poster presentations: SIP Malta SIP France SIP Spain SIP Portugal SIP EU poster presentations: How to build a SIP national platform SIP Thematic Netwrok program 2018 and Joint Statement Dissemination of SIP materials by the SIP Partners: at the SIP booth in the EFIC Village at PAE booth at the Grünenthal booth At the EFIC congress we will officially launch the SIP NP toolkit which will help new but also existing SIP NP to build their Stakeholder Networks and to address societal Impact of pain in their countries. SIP will also be on the scientific program at EFIC which you can find on the congress website. Find more Information about the Congress or how to register on the EFIC Website.  

SIP highlights at EFIC congress 2019 in Valencia

Many SIP activities will happen at the bi-annual congress on 4-7 September 2019. For the first time the learnings and achievements of SIP national pla…

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In the year of its 10th Anniversary the Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) platform is organising an International Symposium on 7th November 2019 in Brussels in the concert Noble. A program is currently under development and will be later available here. The Symposium will have two main objectives: Working towards the implementation of the recommendations of the SIP Joint Statement, considering the new European political landscape and what it means for SIP; Strengthening existing SIP national platforms while laying the foundation for new ones   Registration of participants is now open on this website (link to be added)! Looking forward to welcome you at SIP 2019! You can find here the impressions from the SIP Symposium 2016, SIP Symposium 2017, Abstract Book 2017, Proceedings 2017.

Registration for SIP 2019 Symposium now open!

In the year of its 10th Anniversary the Societal Impact of Pain (SIP) platform is organising an International Symposium on 7th November 2019 in Brusse…

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The CHRODIS+ conference this year is taking place in Budapest on the 14th and 15th of May. SIP is represented by our partner Pain Alliance Europe (PAE) and is particularly involved in the Work Package (WP) 8 on Employment and Chronic Conditions.

Pain Alliance Europe (PAE) at Chrodis Plus Conference in Bud…

The CHRODIS+ conference this year is taking place in Budapest on the 14th and 15th of May. SIP is represented by our partner Pain Alliance Europe…

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