People with Pain are like Ghosts None see them and None see their - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

There is an Epidemic Morbus named “ Chronic Pain”

But

People with Pain are like Ghosts

None see them and None see their Disability

What We have to Do We Must Telling to People and Governements that

People with “Chronic Pain” Exist - Life in Pain can be terrible

¡WHO ¡declaration,1948 ¡ “Health ¡is ¡not ¡merely ¡the ¡absence ¡of ¡disease ¡but ¡a ¡state ¡physical, ¡mental ¡and ¡social ¡well-­‑

Who is Isal ? ISAL is a no profit Foundation

Funded in 1993 To support the changing of perspectives we promote:

• Educational Programs
• Information Projects
• Research Activity

Since 1993

• a bi-annual training course (theorical

and practice activity ) is available for physician 680 physicians have studied on ISAL program 78 % now work at a pain center Laboratory and Clinicals Research

First Step Social Media and Communication What ISAL have done to sensibilize italian community

Till 2009 ISAL started an awareness campaign The PROJECT “ 100 hundred cities against pain “

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2017 157 cities

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The Selfie Project “ I am against pain”

ISAL was invited into the “ Giro d’Italia “ the International Bike competition

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Promoting ¡ ¡“lifestyles ¡and ¡treatments ¡” ¡ ¡ ¡ to ¡prevent ¡«chronic ¡pain» ¡

12 We need to Teach the citizens and physician that the pain does not go away by itself or by using a random therapy, but must have the appropriate drugs such as opioids or specific procedures

Mission Pain Research ISAL is working with the Ministry of Health to realise in Italy the first Institute for Research on Pain

We have a network of 7 young researchers that are working

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Biomarkers for Pain Pain as a Disease

Our Mission : Give a Cure to the People with Painfull

All together We Can Change Their Life