Dear CHIFA colleagues,
Invitation and a comment from me below.
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Public Hearing on Scope for the revised WHO Guideline on the Management of Chronic Pain in Children
16 January 2020 14:00 - 16:00 Central European Time,Geneva, Switzerland<
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently in the process of developing a revised WHO Guideline on the Management of Chronic Pain in Children (the “Pain in Children Guideline”). As part of such process, scoping is an important stage of guideline development, as it establishes the focus for the guideline’s recommendations (i.e., what the guideline will and will not include) as well as the key questions that will govern the search for evidence to inform such recommendations.
The scope of the guideline on the management of chronic pain in children, as suggested by WHO’s guideline steering group, is available here.
https://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/SCOPE-Guideline-pain-in-ch...
Purpose of the public hearing
WHO would like to hear the views of relevant stakeholders on the proposed scope of the Pain in Children Guideline. To this end, WHO will hold a public hearing via a videoconference to enable stakeholders to present their views on the scope of the Pain in Children Guideline.
Date and Time of the public hearing
The public hearing will be held on Thursday 16 January 2020 at 14:00 Geneva local time. The public hearing is expected to last up to 2 hours. However, this duration could vary depending on number of participants.
Who can participate in the public hearing?
WHO Member States, governmental and non-governmental organizations, research and academic institutions, philanthropic foundations, private sector entities who have an interest or stake in the management of chronic pain in children (each, a “Stakeholder”), and who wish to present a view on the scope of guideline, are invited to participate in the public hearing.
How to participate?
In order to indicate your interest to participate in the public hearing, please register online by 23:59 Geneva local time Sunday 12 January 2020 here. When you register, you will be required to provide details related to your full name, the name of entity you represent, your title or position in the entity, country of residence, and email.
Registrations received by the deadline will be screened by WHO. Stakeholders who are invited to participate in the public hearing will be provided, via email by the WHO Secretariat, with further details and instructions on participation on Monday 13 January 2020.
Register for public hearing: https://extranet.who.int/datacol/survey.asp?survey_id=4135
Scoping document: https://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/SCOPE-Guideline-pain-in-ch...
Source, registration: WHO website
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Comment (Neil PW): I would like to comment on the evolution of the WHO Guideline Development process. The above approach is an interesting and welcome inovation from WHO in two respects. First, it invites all stakeholders to engage at an early stage in the guideline development process. Second, it moves from a method that depends solely on static online surveys to one that allows dynamic synchronous interaction through a 2-hour webinar. HIFA and CHIFA look forward to see the natural progression of this more inclusive approach in future guideline development, which would add facilitated, asynchronnous interaction through discussion forums. This would complement existing approaches and would be more inclusive, more considered, and more cost-effective...
Best wishes, Neil
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