NPN Members

The Canadian Pain Coalition is a partnership of patient pain groups, health professionals who care for people in pain, and scientists studying better ways of treating pain. This partnership began in May 2002 as an initiative of the Canadian Pain Society, which remains an active partner.

Our purpose is to promote sustained improvement in the treatment of all types of pain through the development of Charter of Rights and Responsibilities of Pain Patients, the education of professionals, the public, and the government about the significance of the problem of pain in Canada and the declaration of National Pain Awareness Week.

Chile Diabetic Association, Chile
http://www.adich.org/

Founded in 1976, the Chile Diabetic Association's main goal is to help the diabetic patient and his/her family achieve the best possible quality of life. Based upon this goal, we implement educational activities centered on nutritional aspects as well as on disease pathology. We seek to provide our affiliates with benefits such as insulin and other products for diabetes, offer more competitive specialized medical care for members, and offer free nutritional advice.

Our activities include nutrition training sessions, professional courses for physicians, and research on diabetes. The ADICH organizes several awareness activities for a variety of opportunities such as World Diabetes Day.

The Danish Chronic Pain Association was founded in August of 1990. Our activities include working towards chronic pain being recognized as a disease, informing politicians and the media what it is like to live with pain, and improving the healthcare system as it relates to people who suffer from it. For our local members, we hold bi-weekly meetings to ensure people with chronic pain have time to share their experiences and learn from each other.

The European League of Diabetics was created in 1996. Our objective is to improve quality of life for Europeans with diabetes. We work in the diabetes area and focus on creating awareness surrounding the social needs of people with diabetes in Spain. Of the more than 4 million people with diabetes in Spain, nearly half are unaware of our organization.

We are one of five founding members of a larger coalition called the Coalition of Citizens with Chronic Disease.

The Finnish Pain Patient Association was founded in 1991. From the beginning, the idea has been to improve pain patient status and increase general awareness of all types of pain. The principle of the Association is to act as a pain patient caretaker, promote pain research and rehabilitation, inform matters related to pain, and develop activities with public healthcare services.

Through out information services, training, phone support, on-line conversation forum, and "Kipupuomi" magazine members have an opportunity to have a more active life in spite of their pain. Our purpose is to create and develop sustained cooperation with home, work, environment, and especially with healthcare. Together with authorities, professionals, associations, and foundations, we develop and promote social security, treatment, rehabilitation, and other issues related to pain patients.

The Italian Peripheral Neuropathy Association was founded in 2001. Our aims are to support patients with peripheral neuropathy through exchange of experiences and information and to help patients and their families via educational programs and meetings. In addition, we increase the awareness of peripheral neuropathy to the general public and government authorities.

We organize courses and meetings to provide patients and general physicians with the latest information in the field. Moreover, we are actively involved in supporting research. Every year, we sponsor an award to the best young Italian researcher whose work has been instrumental in the field.

The Mexican Association for the Study and Treatment of Pain (AMETD), Mexico
http://www.ametd.org.mx/

The Mexican Association for the Study and Treatment of Pain is an organization of health professionals, primarily pain specialists and scientists studying better ways of treating pain. We organize medical congresses, symposia, and workshops to educate our medical communities in order to obtain a better understanding of pain management and how to care for people with pain. Our objective is to reach these people and offer them the best quality of life possible.

Peruvian Association of Diabetes (APDI), Peru
http://www.dota.org/

The Peruvian Association of Diabetes (APDI) is comprised of a multidisciplinary group of doctors, nurses, nutrition specialists, psychologists and podologists. Our objective is to create a strategic plan on the awareness of diabetes in Peru. Among the specific objectives of the APDI are to: improve the quality of life of the diabetic patients by helping them obtain more independence in relation to the disease; to develop educational programs for diabetic patients; to promote educational courses for professionals; and to be the axis in the operations of the different associations established in Peru. The APDI is a member of the Diabetes International Federation.

Portuguese Association for the Study of Pain, Portugal
http://www.aped-dor.org/