Worldwide achievements

Identifying the burden of disease

•  Published with the WHO “The Burden of Musculoskeletal Conditions at the Start of the New Millennium” 
  
•  WHO – ILAR – BJD 2005 Summit on the Burden of Disease in the Developing World 

Raising standards of care

• Bone and Joint Decade National Action Network Policy 
• European Action Towards Better Musculoskeletal Health (supported by the EU)
  
•  Ensuring MSC within the WHO European Strategy for Noncommunicable Diseases
  
•  MSC recommendations in the World Bank and WHO project for Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries
  
•  Guidelines by the BJD Task Force on Neck Pain 
  
•  BJD Global Minimum Standards of Care for Chronic Pain 
  

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