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How will the Bone and Joint Decade achieve its goals? (cont'd)

The programmes defined in the Strategic Action Plan are: 
  1.  Advocacy: To raise awareness of public and policy makers of the burden of musculoskeletal conditions and what can be achieved by implementing effective prevention and treatment 
  2.  Partnership: To develop sustainable networks at global, regional and national levels 
  3. Surveillance: To increase knowledge of the suffering and cost to society associated with musculoskeletal conditions 
  4. Public and patient education: To empower people to gain priority for their own care 
  5. Prevention and control: To improve access to cost-effective prevention and treatment 
  6. Research: To increase research that will advance understanding of musculoskeletal disorders and improve prevention and treatment 
  7. Knowledge management: To provide access to information that will support the objectives of the BJD 
  8. Organisation fit for purpose: To develop a sustainable global organisation able to carry out the mission, objectives and programmes of the Strategic Action Plan for 2010-2020
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