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The world’s leading membership organisation for those with a professional commitment to helping people affected by headache

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This site promotes the Society and its activities, and is home to the Society’s international journal Cephalalgia. We welcome Society members and all who work or seek information in the field of headache.

As a charity, the purpose of IHS is to advance headache science, education, and management, and promote headache awareness worldwide.

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International Headache Congress 2023

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IHS webinar – COVID-19 and headache

IHS webinar - COVID-19 and headache

24 January 2022 - 1900 GMT - IHS members - register today

IHC 2021 presentations available on the IHS website

IHC 2021 presentations available on the IHS website

Lectures from the 20th International Headache Congress, September 2021, now available for members

IHS grant opportunities 2022

IHS grant opportunities 2022

Open now: IHS Fellowship, Trainee programme, Junior research grants, Visiting Professors

New podcast for IHS members – interview with author of an article on childhood thunderclap headache

New podcast for IHS members - interview with author of an article on childhood thunderclap headache

Severe abrupt (thunderclap) non-traumatic headache at the pediatric emergency department