2023 IASP-Southeast Asian Pain Management Camp

The IASP Southeast Asian Pain Management Camp is an inter-professional residential education program in pain management funded by the IASP and run by the Association of Southeast Asian Pain Societies (ASEAPS). The aim of the Pain Camp is to improve the knowledge and practice of pain management and is targeted at young healthcare professionals in Southeast Asia. Since 2011, 5 pain camps have been run just prior to the biennial ASEAPS Congress in Bangkok, Singapore, the Philippines, Myanmar, and Malaysia. The program has had a positive impact on pain education and practice to a total of 145 healthcare professionals from ASEAN countries and other LMICs in Asia and the Pacific including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Mongolia, Timor Leste and Fiji.