October 17, “World Day Against Pain”.

The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) launched in 2004 the initiative of the Global Year Against Pain, with the theme “Pain relief must be a human right” and with the aim of sensitizing governments, public institutions and private about the need to put in place the necessary resources to support research, diagnosis and treatment of pain at a universal level.

The World Health Organization declares that: “chronic pain is a disease and its treatment, a human right”.

October 17 is World Pain Day, promoted by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2004.