Aldo Patriciello hosted a webinar lead by EMHA inside the context of the Yearly European Migraine Day to expose the socio-economic burden of Migraine, its challenges and difficulties to diagnose and to treat as well as a Call to Action with political recommendations. The document proposes a series of recommendations for the European Commission, the European Parliament and national governments. For more information, Download the Call to Action Document here.                 https://youtu.be/46PudG5wSTI

Women at Work results from Migraine at Work survey. 7 Countries 7 Languages : France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, UK and Denmark. 3.350 responders - > 3.008 women. 30 question in three blocks: a.- socio-demographic questions b.- disease questions c.- questions related to their post and real burden  

Many people think that migraines are just a headache, but for people living with migraines it’s a debilitating condition. EMHA and Teva are calling on healthcare professionals to support timely diagnosis and treatment for migraines, as research from Teva shows 42% of migraine sufferers are not satisfied with their prescribed treatment. For more information please go to tevapharm.com    

The Italian senate has approved the recognition of primary chronic headache as a social disease,  a huge step towards the acknowledgment of migraine as the serious illness it is.   On April 18, 2019 the Chamber passed the bill and 15 months later it was finally approved by the Italian Senate. This achievement reflects the struggle of migraine patients, and it comes as a fair recognition of their condition, setting a historic goal which could be the previous step to improvements in the diagnosis, the social conditions and the therapeutic approaches of patients suffering from primary chronic head pain.   [...]

All the articles are based on the survey led by EMHA on Migraine at work. Read the survey on the following link to find out more about the study: https://www.emhalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/EMHA-Migraine-at-work.pdf   SEMERGEN publication European Survey on preventive treatments on migraine Medicina Balear Magazine EMHA at Work: SED Publication Survey