Global Year

2025 Global Year About Pain Management, Research and Education in Low- and Middle-Income Settings

Download the A3 poster PDF file for the Global Year about Pain Management, Research and Education in Low- and Middle-Income Settings: 2025 poster

The International Association for the Study of Pain, the Australian Pain Society, the New Zealand Pain Society and the Faculty of Pain Medicine, the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists  announce the 2025 Global Year about Pain Management, Research and Education in Low- and Middle-Income Settings which continues through to 31 December 2025.

You are invited to participate and promote the Global Year about Pain Management, Research and Education in Low- and Middle-Income Settings within your workplace to help benefit millions of people throughout the world unable to speak for themselves.

For more information, please visit the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Global Year about Pain Management, Research and Education in Low- and Middle-Income Settings website, as per below.

Fact Sheets

Below are a number of Fact Sheets developed by the International Association for the Study of Pain for the current Global Year topic.

Fact Sheet	Topic
1	Introduction to the IASP 2025 Global Year
2	Pain Management Education in Low- and Middle-Income Settings
3	Challenges and Opportunities for High-Quality Fundamental Pain Research in Low-Income Countries and Settings
4	Pain Education Curricula for Low- and Middle-Income Settings: Two models for Further Capacity Building
5	Setting Clinical Pain Research Priorities in Low- and Middle-Income Settings
6	Setting up Pain Management Services in Low- and Middle-Income Settings
7	Pain in Refugee and Displaced Populations
8	Challenges of Treating Pain in Low-Income Settings and Strategies for Improvement
9	Improving Pain Care for Culturally Diverse Populations in High-Income Countries
10	Integrating Pain Education into Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Curricula in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
11	Opioid Analgesics Access in Low-Middle income countries
12	Adapting Global Pain Guidelines to Local Contexts: Strategies for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
13	Overcoming Barriers to Participation in Global Pain Communities by Pain Researchers and Healthcare Professionals from Low-and Middle-Income Settings

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Other resources:

IASP Resources including an introduction to the GY2025 from the IASP President

  Website       

Additional GY2025 IASP Resources

APS Global Year PowerPoint slide for presentations 

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Media links:

Date	Media Outlet	Details
23JAN25	Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn	Follow the conversation via: #GlobalYear2025

Future IASP Global Years

2026: TBA