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Australia
Websitewww.bjd.org.au
CoordinatorMrs Ruth Lilian
Activitieseposter2007
eposter2008
The National Action Network (Dr Willcox, Associate Professor Cleland, Associate Professor Hart and Dr Thomson) had an initial meeting in April 1999. Professor Browner of the BJD Steering Committee was invited. The meeting took place in connection to the SICOT 99 SYDNEY, where there was great media support and interest for the Decade.
The Bone and Joint Decade was launched in Australia in April 2001 with a Scientific Meeting at which over 250 professionals and patients were present followed by a dinner with nearly 150.
The Australian Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon. Dr Michael Wooldridge, launched the Decade pledging Australian Government support for its activities. Health professionals joined patients during the Scientific Meeting to talk about the scientific and personal issues involved in musculoskeletal disease. Sir Gustav Nossal gave the after dinner speech and stressed the enormous opportunities there were for patients with rheumatic diseases to participate in their own management and also outlined the great advances that would occur in rheumatology/orthopaedics as a consequence of biotechnology and the human genome project.
Australia endorsed the BJD in April 2001.
The Steering Committee will be meeting over the next few months to develop further plans for the Decade.
A Partnership's Gala Dinner will be held on 13th October 2001 at the Regent Ballroom, Sydney. Professor Lars Lidgren, Chairman of the International Steering Committee of the BJD will be the guest of honour.
The 4 peak organisations formed the initial Executive.
- Arthritis Foundation of Australia
- Australian Orthopaedic Association
- Australian Rheumatology Association
- Osteoporosis Australia
Other associations have subsequently joined the Executive.
- Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society
- Australian and New Zealand Society of Biomechanics
- Matrix Biology Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Rheumatology Health Professionals Association
These peak organisations have each contributed $7000 and funds will be raised from other bodies. A part-time executive officer, Barbara O'Connor, has been appointed.
An eight-minute video presentation of the Bone and Joint Decade produced by the Australian National Action Network (14 MB; requires Microsoft Windows Media Player).
OrganisationsACROD
Asia Pacific Society for Surgery of the Hand
Association of Research Circulation Osseus
Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
Australian and New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society
Australian Musculo-Skeletal Imaging Group
Australian Orthopaedic Nurses Association and Allied Help
Sports Medicine Australia
Western Pacific Orthopaedic Society
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