bone and joint decade 2000 - 2010

Bone and Joint Decade2000 - 2010

Promoting Musculoskeletal Health

Bone and Joint Health“the business of every Australian”

Bone and Joint Decade – 2000 - 2010•Created in 1998 and launched in 2000•Endorsed by the UN, WHO, World Bank, Vatican and health ministries in 63 countries•Aim to reduce the impact of musculoskeletal conditions across the globe •Steered by an International Co-ordinating Council and delivered by National Action Networks in over 60 countries – now up to 73 •An umbrella organisation that brings together professional, scientific and patient organisations

Bone and Joint Decade – 2000 - 2010

Identifying the burden of disease• Published with WHO “The Burden of MS

Conditions at the Start of the New Millennium”

• WHO – ILAR – BJD 2005 Summit on the Burden of Disease in the Developing World

Bone and Joint Decade – 2000 – 2010Raising standards of care

• European Action Towards Better MS Health (supported by the EU)

• Ensuring MSC within the WHO European Strategy for Non-communicable 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

Bone and Joint Decade 2000 – 2010

•BJD global standards for chronic MS pain; hip fractures; undergraduate education

•WHO ICD Revision MS Topic Advisory Group

•Road Safety including World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention (UN)Global Forum for Improved Trauma Care

Bone and Joint Decade – 2000 – 2010Australia’s Participation

Aims Achieved•To ensure that MS conditions are among the leading major health concerns in the minds and actions of opinion forums and decision makers throughout the world•To raise public awareness of the growing burden•To empower patients through educational campaigns•To advance and improve research and diagnosis on prevention, and treatment

Bone and Joint Decade – 2000 – 2010Australia’s Participation

Australian NetworkCoordinator

Member on International Steering Committee

16 affiliate organisations Programs

Parliament House Summit; Public MeetingsInvolvement in Global Collaborative Research Projects; Website; International BJD Network Meetings; Think Tanks; Partnership with affiliates at conferences and promotions; Published articles; Promotional activities; DVD

Bone and Joint Decade2010 - 2020

The Next Ten Years “Keep People Moving”

The BJD will continue to work

• To reduce the burden and cost of musculoskeletal disorders to individuals, carers and society

• To promote musculoskeletal health and musculoskeletal science worldwide

Bone and Joint Decade – 2010 – 2020

Bone and Joint Decade – 2010 – 2020MS conditions - The Need for the Bone and Joint

Decade

• MS disorders are common in all countries and cultures.

• They are the most common cause of severe long-term pain and physical disability

• Hundreds of millions of people are affected around the world

• Their impact is pervasive; they are a major burden on health and social care

MS Conditions - The Need for the Bone and Joint Decade

• They have the worst impact on quality of life of many chronic diseases,

• There are effective ways of preventing and controlling MS conditions but these are not being implemented with equity

• MS conditions are not a priority in most health systems

• There is enormous unmet need and avoidable disability.


Significant achievements over the last Ten Years:

• Education• Global undergraduate core curriculum for

musculoskeletal conditions• IOF – BJD – ISFR Osteoporosis education Kit

• Advocacy• Supporting development of patient

organisations and providing advocacy training

Bone and Joint Decade – 2000 - 2010Reducing the impact of trauma

• WHO-BJD-EFORT Partnership for Improved Trauma Care

• Delivered a decade of action for Road Safety including World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention (endorsed by the UN)

Launching initiatives in areas of need• Fragility Fracture Network launched

2009 dedicated to improving osteoporotic fracture management

Bone and Joint Decade – 2000 - 2010Vision for the next Ten Years

• To ensure that musculoskeletal disorders are among the leading major health concerns in the minds and actions of opinion formers throughout the world

• To fully realise the possibilities for prevention and treatment throughout the world

• To ensure that prevention, treatment and care of people with musculoskeletal disorders is of a high standard and consistently accessible

• To improve the health-related quality of life for people with, or at risk of, musculoskeletal disorders.

Our Key Audiences• Our target audiences

• WHO; UN• Regional policy makers, such as EU• National policy makers• Non-specialist health care professionals

• Our mobilising audiences• Professional, scientific and patient organisations relevant

to musculoskeletal health advocating for change• Our enabling audiences

• Sponsors; Partners• Our supporting audience

• Public


Strategic Action Plan• To focus resources on achieving the global objective of gaining

recognition of the importance of musculoskeletal conditions globally, regionally and nationally

• Resources will be organised around the delivery of eight core programs, each aimed at achieving one of the specific objectives of the Decade.

• The programs will be steered by the International Coordinating Council, and delivered by National Action Networks, supporting organisations and individuals working together, with the support of the Bone and Joint Decade.


1. Advocacy: To raise awareness of public and policy makers of the burden of musculoskeletal conditions and effective prevention and treatment

2. Partnership: To develop sustainable global, regional and national networks3. Surveillance: To increase knowledge of the suffering and cost to society

associated with musculoskeletal conditions4. Public and patient education: To empower people to gain priority for their

own care5. Prevention and control: To improve access to cost-effective prevention

and treatment6. 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 BJD8. 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


The 8 Programmes of the Strategic Action Plan:allied to an objective that reflects the priorities of the BJD

What makes us unique• BJD is an umbrella, linking networks of national

organisations, including health care professionals and patients - providing a unified voice and a global reach

• BJD is the only organisation to bring together all stakeholders worldwide to consider all MS conditions and provide access to high-level policy makers

• BJD focuses on health policy and evidence with a mandate to develop strategies and set the agenda, aimed at improving quality of life by implementing effective prevention and treatment

• BJD continues work to reduce the burden and cost of musculoskeletal disorders to individuals, carers and society by promoting musculoskeletal health and science worldwide.


The only organisation that “keeps people moving” by lobbying and advocating on

behalf of everyone across the globe dealing with musculoskeletal conditions


Decade of Action for Road Safety2011 - 2020

Decade Launch Worldwide – 11 MayGlobal initiative instigated by a UN Resolution and co-sponsored by 90

countries, including AustraliaTwo round table discussions have been held at Parliament House supported by Catherine King, MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport and Health and Ageing

Decade of Action for Road Safety2011 - 2020Statistics

1.2 m fatalities globally from road crashes20 – 60 m people sustaining non-fatal traffic-related injuries each yearDecade Goal to stabilise and reduce the number of deaths and injuries

Australia1970 3798 killed; 33,000 severely injuredAustralia amongst the worst in the world 30.4 deaths per 100,000 population2010 – 1368 deaths at a rate of 6.1 deaths per 100,000 population

Decade of Action for Road Safety2011 - 2020Goals

Road safety management; Safer vehiclesSafer drivers; Safer roads; Post-crash careAustralian BJD Network to work with Australian and international senior road safety professionals from industry, government, academia, police and road user groups and add the healthcare arm

Decade of Action for Road Safety – 2011 – 2010

Affiliates working on the goals are

Australian Orthopaedic Association ANZ Trauma Society

RACP Faculty of Rehabilitation Pedestrian Council of Australia

The two MS groups will work side by side

bone and joint decade 2000 - 2010

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