Some of the proposed activities of PAE include activating patients, their families, relatives and caregivers through the availability of information and access to pain diagnosis and management, as well as strengthening pain research as a priority in EU framework program.
The European Federation of the international Association for the Study of Pain Chapters (EFIC) president Hans Kress said pain relief is a human right, as recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Human Rights Watch, so EU member states should make effective management of chronic pain and access to treatments a public health priority.
According to the Pain Proposal European Consensus Report, chronic pain could cost Europe as much as EUR 300 billion annually.