Working at the frontiers of pain management in Europe

We focus on the development of pain management in the Eastern European countries. Economic, political, and other disparities separate Eastern Europe from the rest of continent. Pain Management is often a neglected healthcare need. The main obstacles in the development of pain medicine and management are the lack of money, insufficient education, the lack of specialists and facilities for pain management, and no interest within healthcare institutions or the entire healthcare system to introduce national plans for pain management. National pain associations from Eastern European countries joined to the European Pain Federation (EFIC) have the federation’s support to improve situation in their countries. The support is given in the grants for education, fellowships, and scientific meetings, consulting and sharing experiences, participation in federation’s activities and the use of federation’s publications.