Title: Background information

Context:
With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in March 2010, the  Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee was created to coordinate pain research efforts  throughout federal government agencies. The Committee was tasked with summarizing advances in pain  care research, identifying gaps in research, and developing recommendations regarding ways to minimize  duplicative efforts, disseminate pain care information, and expand public/private research partnerships  and collaborations. The Committee published the National Pain Strategy in March 2016 in response to the  call from the National Academy of Medicine to increase awareness of pain as a significant public health  issue in the U.S. The strategy made recommendations in a number of areas including prevention and  care, professional education and training, and population research. The plan is aimed at decreasing the  prevalence of all types of pain (acute and chronic) in the U.S., as well as the disability and morbidity  associated with pain.

Question: Who published the National Pain Strategy?

Answer: The Committee