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The BJD 2006 World Network Conference in South Africa
This year’s global Network Conference will be held from 2–4 November, 2006 at the Southern Sun Elangeni Congress Hotel in Durban, South Africa. Professor Girish Mody, NAN coordinator, South Africa, modyg@ukzn.ac.za is hosting this year’s meeting.
Each NAN has been invited to the meeting in Durban and to send two persons, the coordinator or another NAN representative and a patient representative to participate in the Annual Network Meeting and the Patient Advocacy Symposium.
The theme of this year’s conference is: “Strategies for the Prevention of Bone and Joint Disorders”. In addition the Standards of Care document on Osteoporosis/Hip fracture and Chronic Pain, initiated at the 2005 World Network Conference in Ottawa, Canada will be proposed to be globally adopted by the conference.
The conference will start with a Welcome Reception on the evening of Thursday, November 2, and continue through November 3 and 4, Friday and Saturday.
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BJD International Patient Advocacy Symposium
1-2 November, 2006
BJD World Network Conference
November 2-4, 2006
Venue: Southern Sun Elangeni, Durban, South Africa |
Please contact the BJD Secretariat bjd@ort.lu.se for any enquiries.
download the agenda here
The BJD 2006 PATIENT ADVOCACY SYMPOSIUM
We’re very pleased to announce that the 2nd Bone and Joint Decade International Patient Advocacy Meeting will be held on Wednesday and Thursday 1 – 2 November in Durban, South Africa as part of the 2006 BJD World Network Conference (2-4 November).
The focus of this year’s Patient Advocacy Meeting will be practical advocacy skills training, with the objective of building an understanding of patients’ roles in delivering messages, particularly messages about prevention, evidence-based medicine, minimum standards of care, and practitioners and patients working together. The targets for these messages are the media and the public affairs, as cornerstone in how advocates can directly influence public policy on bone and joint health.
At the meeting there will be two integrated training seminars focusing on these themes. Participants will be taken through a practical approach to obtaining the skills necessary to translate this work appropriately for their individual countries.
Click here to download the agenda.
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