Looking back at the start of the Bone And Joint Decade what have we learnt?

Lars Lidgren

doi:10.1016/j.berh.2012.03.008

Looking back at the start of the Bone And Joint Decade what have we learnt?

Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2012 Apr;26(2):169-71. doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2012.03.008.

Author

Lars Lidgren¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden. lars.lidgren@med.lu.se

PMID: 22794092
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2012.03.008

Abstract

The Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 started as a Swedish initiative in 1996 leading to the UN declaration 1999 followed by the WHO launch 2000. A ten year multidisciplinary and global endeavor moving musculoskeletal conditions onto the research and health agenda is now recognized. Some lessons learned during the journey are presented.

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research / trends
Congresses as Topic
Global Health
Humans
International Cooperation
Musculoskeletal Diseases*
Population Dynamics
Retrospective Studies