Looking back at the start of the Bone And Joint Decade what have we learnt?
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.
Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden. lars.lidgren@med.lu.se
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D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012189:Retrospective Studies