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