Objectives

• Strengthen recognition of pain as a prevalent, high-impact, cross-cutting health issue across conditions, populations, and care settings
• Strengthen coherence across existing WHO and WHA mandates relevant to pain, and support their implementation across programmes and strategies
• Identify key gaps and systemic barriers undermining equitable access to effective pain care globally
• Explore pathways to strengthen coordinated global action on pain, including policy coherence, implementation approaches, and strategic partnerships
• Introduce and discuss the role of a Global Pain Coalition in supporting alignment, advocacy and coordinated implementation across stakeholders.