PainSA

PainSA is a chapter of the International Association for the Study of Pain.

Mission:
To improve the management of pain in all its aspects in Southern Africa.

Objectives:
• To promote an understanding amongst the health care community that the management of pain needs a team approach
•To promote co-operation between itself and hospitals, public and private institutes, government authorities, medical schemes, the health care professionals and the public generally
• To co-ordinate issues surrounding pain between itself and international groups with similar objectives
• To promote research into the diagnosis and treatment of pain
• To promote education at all levels in pain management
• To organise national, regional and local meetings and annual congresses
• The collecting and administering of funds for the furtherance of the above objectives
• To provide central co-ordination for the various groups involved in the management of pain in Southern Africa