{"id":28259,"date":"2020-11-25T13:13:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T13:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=28259"},"modified":"2020-11-25T13:13:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T13:13:58","slug":"who-revision-of-pain-management-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=28259","title":{"rendered":"WHO revision of pain management guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<tr style=\"height:142px;\">\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\n<h3>WHO guideline on   ensuring balanced national policies for access and safe use of controlled   medicines<strong\/><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h3>Guideline on the   management of chronic pain in children<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:101px;\">\n<td><strong>Guideline Stage<\/strong> <\/td>\n<td>Lead WHO technical unit   <\/td>\n<td>Access to Medicines and Health Products<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#480b27263c3a2724242d2c66252d2c212b21262d3b083f20276621263c\"><span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"9bd8f4f5efe9f4f7f7feffb5f6fefff2f8f2f5fee8dbecf3f4b5f2f5ef\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/a><br \/>\u00a0 <\/td>\n<td>Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing<br \/>\u00a0 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:101px;\">\n<td><strong>Planning<\/strong> <\/td>\n<td>WHO GRC planning approval received   <\/td>\n<td>March 2020   <\/td>\n<td>January 2020   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:245px;\">\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>Scope <\/td>\n<td>The proposed scope for this guideline has been developed and is   available\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/docs\/default-source\/controlled-substances\/scope-ensuring-balance-v5-jan-2020.pdf?sfvrsn=a13d7558_2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\u00a0 <\/td>\n<td>The proposed scope for this guideline was developed   following the public hearing in which stakeholders expressed their views. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The proposed scope for this guideline has been developed and is   available at the following link:<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/m\/item\/guideline-for-the-management-of-chronic-pain-in-children\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WHO Guideline for the management of   chronic pain in children\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:173px;\">\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>Public hearing   <\/td>\n<td>A public hearing regarding the scope of the guideline took place on   19 February 2020. The written statements submitted on the guideline have been   consolidated and can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/medicines\/access\/controlled-substances\/Submitted_written_statements_Public_Hearing_WHO_Guideline_on_ensuring_balance.pdf?ua=1\" data-sf-ec-immutable=\"\">here<\/a>. <\/td>\n<td>A public hearing in relation to the scope of the guideline for the   management of chronic pain in children was held on 16th January 2020. Views   were expressed on the proposed scope by 49 different stakeholders across the different   WHO regions. These included academic groups, NGOs, practitioners and patient   representatives.   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:197px;\">\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>Appointment of GDG   <\/td>\n<td>The list of Guideline Development Group members has been confirmed   and is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/medicines\/Ensuring_Balance_GDG_members_list_23012020.pdf?ua=1\" data-sf-ec-immutable=\"\">here<\/a>. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Public comments on the proposed list were accepted until 9<sup>th<\/sup> February 2020.    <\/td>\n<td>The list of Guideline Development Group members for the guideline for   the management of chronic pain in children is available\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/docs\/default-source\/controlled-substances\/biographies-chronic-pain-in-children-23-dec.pdf?sfvrsn=8643c82f_2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Public comments on   the proposed list were accepted until 14 January 2020.<br \/>\u00a0 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:317px;\">\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>Planning- initial GDG meeting   <\/td>\n<td>The first GDG meeting was held in June 2020 to finalise the scope of   the guideline. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>A second GDG meeting is scheduled for 15th December 2020 to   prioritise outcomes.   <\/td>\n<td>The first GDG meeting was held on 24th January 2020 to finalise the   scope of the guideline and prioritise outcomes.\u00a0 <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The guideline will answer the following key   question: among children with chronic pain (population), would giving   pharmacologic, physical, psychological or a combination of these (intervention),   compared to standard care or active comparators (comparator), result in   change of pain experience, functional disability, health-related quality of   life and other critical outcomes (outcomes)?<br \/>\u00a0 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:269px;\">\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>Synthesis of evidence   <\/td>\n<td>WHO Procurement issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) from specialist   technical experts. A systematic review team has been selected.    <\/td>\n<td>WHO Procurement issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) from specialist   technical experts. A systematic review team was selected.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Systematic and comprehensive evidence retrieval and synthesis on the   effectiveness, safety and sociocultural acceptability of the possible   interventions is being done by the Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive   Care (PaPas) group, Cochrane Qualitative Implementation methods Group (QIMG)   and the Cochrane Response team.   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:110px;\">\n<td><strong>Development<\/strong> <\/td>\n<td>Development- GDG meeting   <\/td>\n<td>A GDG meeting is planned for May 2021 to review the outcomes of the   systematic review and evidence synthesis   <\/td>\n<td>A second meeting of the GDG took place on 14-18 September 2020   wherein they formulated recommendations based on the evidence and other   explicit considerations.   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:77px;\">\n<td><strong>Editing \/ peer review<\/strong> <\/td>\n<td>External Review Group    <\/td>\n<td>An External Review Group (ERG) has been appointed for consultation   and peer review   <\/td>\n<td>An External Review Group (ERG) has been appointed for consultation   and peer review.   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:173px;\">\n<td><strong>Finalisation<\/strong> <\/td>\n<td>Expected publication date   <\/td>\n<td>The final guideline will be submitted to the WHO Guideline Review   Committee for final approval. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The guideline is expected to be published Mid 2021   <\/td>\n<td>The final guideline was submitted to the WHO Guideline Review   Committee on 15 October 2020 and have been approved. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The guideline is expected to be published in December 2020   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/25-11-2020-update2-who-revision-of-pain-management-guidelines\\\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 WHO guideline on ensuring balanced national policies for access and safe use of controlled medicines Guideline on the management of chronic pain in children Guideline Stage Lead WHO technical unit Access to Medicines and Health Products[email\u00a0protected]\u00a0 Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing\u00a0 Planning WHO GRC planning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-life-style"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}