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Health Systems Strengthening to Promote Access to Care for Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases Globally

Woolf, Anthony D. LU ; Åkesson, Kristina E. LU ; Betteridge, Neil ; Bussières, André E. ; Finley, G. Allen ; Kopansky-Giles, Deborah ; Manase, Frank ; Moscogiuri, Federico ; Parker, Romy and Wicksell, Rikard K. , et al. (2026) In Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America 52(2). p.347-361
Abstract

Musculoskeletal health is essential to health, well-being, and independence across the life course. Musculoskeletal conditions including inflammatory joint diseases, osteoarthritis, back pain, osteoporosis, and fragility fractures are among the greatest causes of disability globally imposing a major burden on health and social care and economic impact also through lost productivity. Despite effective ways of preventing, treating, and rehabilitating these problems, lack of priority results in avoidable disability and costs. We consider how the expert community, through lived and learnt experience, can together influence health policy and health priorities, nationally and globally.

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Burden of disease, Global, Health networks, Health priorities, Health systems strengthening, Musculoskeletal conditions, Musculoskeletal health, Policy, Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases
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Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America
volume
52
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2
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347 - 361
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W.B. Saunders
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  • pmid:42097726
  • scopus:105034207921
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0889-857X
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10.1016/j.rdc.2026.02.003
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English
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Publisher Copyright: Elsevier Inc.
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  author       = {{Woolf, Anthony D. and Åkesson, Kristina E. and Betteridge, Neil and Bussières, André E. and Finley, G. Allen and Kopansky-Giles, Deborah and Manase, Frank and Moscogiuri, Federico and Parker, Romy and Wicksell, Rikard K. and Briggs, Andrew M.}},
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  series       = {{Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America}},
  title        = {{Health Systems Strengthening to Promote Access to Care for Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases Globally}},
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