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Friends of the Initiative
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Participating Groups - Government
In March 2002 President Bush officially proclaimed the Bone and Joint Decade 2002-2011 in the United States.
All fifty States of the Nation have also declared their support for the Bone and Joint Decade.
The United States Bone and Joint Decade has been working with a number of government agencies to further the aims of the Decade. The National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) both actively participated in one of the first activities of the Decade in the U.S., the determination of the burden of disease, the prevalence of bone and joint disorders. The result of these discussions and research have been included in "Musculoskeletal Conditions in the United States," published by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. The results have been accepted as part of the international Bone and Joint Decade activities to determine the worldwide burden of disease, and will be incorporated into the World Health Organization's report on the worldwide burden of disease.
In October 2002 members of the USBJI met with Dr. Elias Zerhouni, Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Stephen Katz, Director, National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), Dr. Richard Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging, (NIA), Dr. Duane Alexander, Director, National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and Dr. Allen Spiegel, Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), as well as a number of other NIH Institute and Government Agency officers to discuss the Decade, priorities, and how best to achieve its goals. This highly productive and successful meeting is viewed as a starting point to ongoing dialogue and cooperation to further the aims of the Decade.
In January 2003 a similar meeting was held with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
To view a copy of the Presidential Proclamation, please visit: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020325-5.html
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