title: National Bone Health Alliance: an innovative public-private partnership improving America's bone health.
abstract: The U.S. National Bone Health Alliance (NBHA) is a public-private partnership launched in 2010 that brings together its 56 partners from the government, nonprofit, and for-profit sectors to collectively promote bone health and prevent disease; improve bone disease diagnosis and treatment; and enhance bone research, surveillance, and evaluation. NBHA is driven to achieve its 20/20 vision to reduce fractures 20 % by the year 2020 through projects including 2Million2Many, an osteoporosis awareness campaign; Fracture Prevention CENTRAL, an online resource center providing support to sites interested in launching a secondary fracture prevention program; bone turnover marker standardization project; and working groups in rare bone disease and the clinical diagnosis of osteoporosis. NBHA provides a platform to coordinate messaging among individuals and organizations on subjects important to bone health; pool funding and efforts around shared priorities; and work together towards the goals and recommendations of the National Action Plan on Bone Health.
authors.affiliation: National Bone Health Alliance, 1150 17th Street, NW, Suite 850, Washington, DC, 20036, USA.
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Mia Rochelle
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lowden
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Patmintra
authors.forename: Katie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stevenson
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships; D014481:United States