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First EFIC® Symposium Societal Impact of Pain - SIP

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the societies have a large percentage <strong>of</strong><br />

members who are not members <strong>of</strong> IASP;<br />

they are, none-the-less, members <strong>of</strong> EFIC ®<br />

and will benefit from the wider<br />

perspectives <strong>of</strong>fered by a trans-national<br />

organisation.<br />

Specific programmes<br />

EFIC ® co-operates in the organisation <strong>of</strong><br />

Congresses, such as those in Verona, Italy,<br />

in May 1995 in Barcelona, Spain, in 1997,<br />

in Nice, France in 2000, in Prague, Czech<br />

Republic in 2003, in Istanbul, Turkey 13-<br />

16 2006, Lisbon, Portugal in 2009 and<br />

upcoming in Hamburg, Germany in September<br />

21-24 2011.<br />

EFIC ® produces an electronic newsletter<br />

which is distributed by an email database<br />

list to the Chapters and to all their members<br />

and is available on the website and is<br />

involved with the production <strong>of</strong> the European<br />

Journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pain</strong>.<br />

Under EFIC ® auspices, Task Forces are<br />

working on aspects <strong>of</strong> pain research and<br />

management, and their findings will be<br />

used to improve education and training<br />

throughout Europe.<br />

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