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For a variety of activities with the Bone and Joint Decade, WHO, and the European Community, liaison is being maintained to promote European rheumatology and EULAR.
BONE AND JOINT DECADE
Over 1200 organisations are now supporting the decade
Multidisciplinary national action networks (equivalent to combined scientific and social leagues) have now been established in 51 countries. National coordinators in a further 39 countries are trying to establish more national action networks. The networks work together to gain priority and to improve health care for musculoskeletal conditions.
Forty six governments have now endorsed the decade.
The WHO technical report on the “Burden of musculoskeletal conditions at the start of the new millennium” will be published this year. This provides data on the impact of the different major musculoskeletal …