Launch of the WHO guideline for non-surgical management of chronic primary low back pain in adults in primary and community care settings
Purpose of the launch event
To publicly launch the WHO Guideline for non-surgical management of chronic primary low back pain in adults in primary and community care settings (the ‘Guideline’), to provide evidence based non-surgical care recommendations for chronic primary low back pain (CPLBP) to be implemented in countries. The event should mark the start of awareness-raising efforts for the Guideline among Member States, professional organizations, WHO collaborating centres and civil society organizations as an important tool to strengthen primary care health systems to address CPLBP. The launch event also serves as a forum to mark the commencement of further collective communications and implementation efforts, including integration of the Guideline with other WHO initiatives, such as Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE).
Objectives
The objectives of the public launch include:
- Outline the guiding principles of care for adults with CPLBP, the key messages for each stakeholder group [i) health workers; ii) policy makers/service managers; iii) community and public health], and the key recommendations from the Guideline, at a high level.
- Engage and empower a global network of stakeholders to support communication, dissemination, and implementation efforts for the Guideline, supported by a suite of available and planned communication and dissemination assets.
- Position the Guideline in the context of the Decade of Healthy Ageing and relevant WHO programmatic areas, including Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) and Rehabilitation 2030.
Agenda 7 December 2023
12.15 - 12.20, Dr Anshu Banerjee, Director, WHO/MCA
Open and welcome remarks
12.21 - 12.26, Joletta Belton with introduction by Dr Yuka Sumi, WHO.
Testimony by a person with CLBP on the importance of the guiding principles and the Guideline to improving health and wellbeing outcomes
12.27 - 12.38, Facilitated by Dr Andrew Briggs, WHO, with introduction by Dr Yuka Sumi, WHO.
WHO Guideline for non-surgical management of chronic primary low back pain in adults in primary and community care settings
12.38 - 13.07, Facilitated by Dr Andrew Briggs, WHO
Panel discussion
- Prof Tony Woolf, Rheumatologist; Executive Member of Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health
- Dr Alexandra Rauch, Sensory Functions, Disability, and Rehabilitation Unit, WHO
- Dr Ogopoleng Batisi, Public health department, MoH Botswana
- Dr Hanadi Khamis Mubarak Alhamad, Head of WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Ageing and Dementia, National Lead for Healthy Ageing, Focal Point for Elderly in the State of Qatar
- Dr Yuka Sumi, Acting Unit Head and Medical Officer, Ageing and Health Unit, WHO
- Kim Choo Peh, Tsao Foundation, Singapore
- Joletta Belton, Person with lived experience
13.08 - 13.15, Dr Yuka Sumi, WHO
Implementation considerations (healthy ageing/Decade, UHC, Rehab 2030.) Call to action; next steps; acknowledgements and clos.