Tag: Europe

  • Forum in Valencia

    By Agnes Kittel This year Valencia (Spain)  was the host city of the present conference of a biennial series organized by the European Pain Association (EFIC).  The conference was held in the FIRA Center between  September 4-7, 2019 and visited by 3500 participants . This series of conferences is a special one. The audience could…

  • The importance to combat climate change and environmental pollution to protect human health in Europe

    By Bartolomeo Buscema Healthcare in Europe is provided through a wide range of different systems run at individual national levels. There is a need to harmonize all national systems in order to achieve best practices together with economical results. In this scenery, about six hundred  of  European health policy experts , member of civil society, academia and…

  • Pain, just a symptom or a disease on its right?

    By Merce Piqueras When I told a friend of mine, who is a nurse, that I was to attend a meeting on pain, she asked me: “Is it an anaesthesiology meeting?” My friend, like other professionals of health, assumes that pain is the province of anaesthesiologists, the specialists whose main task is to prevent pain…

  • EFIC 2019 : networking for fighting pain

    By Cinzia Bolschiero, science journalist (UGIS, Italy)  Ten EUSJA journalists attended  recently one of the biggest European congresses. And here is the first blog that has been sent by our members to EUSJA web page.              The Congress, EFIC 2019 held between 4 – 7 September in Valencia, Spain, is the largest scientific congress on…

  • The story of pain in Valencia

    The European Pain Federation (EFIC) has offered EUSJA 10 grants to attend its biennial Congress in Valencia in 4-7 September (https://efic-congress.org/). The grants include free registration (no conference fees for our members), 3 night accommodation, 40 euros per diem for meals and free local transportation. Journalists have to take care of their travel to and from Valencia. As…