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01.05.2015 | Editorial
Overcoming challenges in order to improve the management of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases across the globe
verfasst von:
Anthony D. Woolf, Sherine Gabriel
Erschienen in:
Clinical Rheumatology
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Ausgabe 5/2015
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Excerpt
The challenges faced in improving the prevention and management of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) across the globe are addressed in the inaugural White Paper from the World Forum on Rheumatic amd Musculoskeletal Diseases (WFRMD) published in this issue [
1]. The WFRMD, convened by Dr Mustafa Al Maini, brings together leaders from the international rheumatological community who are committed to promoting collaborative strategies to deal with this burden and work with major organisations such as ILAR, ACR, EULAR, PANLAR and AFLAR and policy makers such as the World Health Organisation (WHO). It is an important and timely initiaitive to increase awareness of the major burden that rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases have on individuals and society and to explore opportunities to address these challenges on a local and global scale. This is the mission of WFRMD (
www.wfrmd.org). It fits within the context of the Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health which the Bone and Joint Decade has brought together to call for action by policy makers to deal with the burden of RMDs (
http://bjdonline.org). …