The Global Campaign turns 18: a brief review of its activities and achievements

Timothy J Steiner; Gretchen L Birbeck; Rigmor H Jensen; Paolo Martelletti; Lars Jacob Stovner; Derya Uluduz; Matilde Leonardi; Jes Olesen; Zaza Katsarava

doi:10.1186/s10194-022-01420-0

The Global Campaign turns 18: a brief review of its activities and achievements

J Headache Pain. 2022 Apr 21;23(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s10194-022-01420-0.

Authors

Timothy J Steiner^{1

2}, Gretchen L Birbeck^{3

4}, Rigmor H Jensen⁵, Paolo Martelletti⁶, Lars Jacob Stovner^{7

8}, Derya Uluduz⁹, Matilde Leonardi¹⁰, Jes Olesen⁵, Zaza Katsarava^{11

12}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Edvard Griegs gate, Trondheim, Norway. t.steiner@imperial.ac.uk.
² Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK. t.steiner@imperial.ac.uk.
³ UTH Neurology Research Office, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
⁴ Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Danish Headache Centre, University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark.
⁶ Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
⁷ Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Edvard Griegs gate, Trondheim, Norway.
⁸ Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Norwegian Advisory Unit On Headaches,, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
⁹ Neurology Department, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
¹⁰ Public Health and Disability Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C Besta, NeurologyMilan, Italy.
¹¹ Centre of Neurology, Geriatric Medicine and Early Rehabilitation, Evangelical Hospital, Unna, Germany.
¹² Medical Faculty, University of Essen, Essen, Germany.

Abstract

The Global Campaign against Headache, as a collaborative activity with the World Health Organization (WHO), was formally launched in Copenhagen in March 2004. In the month it turns 18, we review its activities and achievements, from initial determination of its strategic objectives, through partnerships and project management, knowledge acquisition and awareness generation, to evidence-based proposals for change justified by cost-effectiveness analysis.

Keywords: Burden; Change management; Global Campaign against headache; Headache; Health care; Implementation; Project management; Public health; Structured headache services.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Headache Disorders*
Headache*
Humans
World Health Organization