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The Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy Unveils Plan to Establish Headache Centers of Excellence within the Indian Health Service at its 15th Annual Headache on Hill Advocacy Day to Address Health Care Disparities Within Indigenous Communities

Feb 16, 2022

(Washington, DC) February 15, 2022. The Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy (ADHA) unveiled a plan to improve health care access for the American Indian/Native Alaskan (AI/AN) communities at its 15th Annual Headache on the Hill Advocacy Day on Tuesday. The plan,...

Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy Convenes Virtually On March 23 for 14th Annual Headache on the Hill Advocacy Day

Mar 19, 2021

Largest Gathering of Migraine & Cluster Headache Advocates Seeking Improved Federal Policy Washington, D.C. – March 18, 2021 – The Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy (AHDA), a non-profit dedicated to advocating for equitable policies for people...

Policy Discussion to Explore Chronic Headache Disorders and Toxic Exposure

Mar 17, 2021

Virtual event will feature Rep. Mark Takano, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, March 23, The Headache & Migraine Policy Forum and the Alliance for Headache...

Advocates Applaud House Resolution to Raise Awareness of Migraine Disease and Headache Disorders

Oct 2, 2020

Resolution introduced by Rep. Madeleine Dean, Vice Chair of the Bipartisan Women’s Caucus, recognizes “disproportionate impact of migraine disease and headache disorders on women” WASHINGTON—Headache and migraine disease advocates are applauding Representative...

Quick Facts

Headache disorders cause more than 1 percent of all disability and 9 percent of all lost labor in the US every year.
Migraine is the #1 cause of US neurological disability, and #10 cause of all US disability.
Headache disorders are the most prevalent neurological disorders, affecting more than 90% of all Americans.
The US annual direct and indirect economic costs of headache disorders exceed $31 billion.
NIH funding for all research on headache disorders was < 0.07% of the 2016 NIH budget ($24M)

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Todd J. Schwedt, MD, MSCI, and Robert E. Shapiro, MD, PhD, wrote “Funding of Research on Headache Disorders by the National Institutes of Health.” This article was published in Headache. Download a copy here.