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1. BJD-INDIA WEBSITE |
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19 December 2004: BJD-INDIA
Website www.bjdindia.org launched in New
Delhi |
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Website carries details
about various BJD-INDIA: NAN activities, research,
patient education, etc. |
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Results of 3 BJD-INDIA:
NAN sponsored research studies posted on the site.
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2. RESEARCH |
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Over 16,000 people surveyed
in Jammu, Chennai and Pune during 'The population
based multiregional urban survey for RMSD' and over
1500 patients identified. Analysis Report not yet
ready. |
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Ongoing study on Juvenile
Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) - 200 children examined.
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5 RESEARCH PROPOSALS
on RA, Hip fractures, Osteoporosis, sponsored for
the year 2004 - 2005. |
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'The Late Shri Amrut
Mody Unichem - BJD-India Research Fellowship Award
2004' presented to 6 young medical graduates from
Nagpur, Mumbai, New Delhi & Pune for their research
study on SLE, Spondyloarthropathy, JIA, Fragility
Fractures, Meniscal injuries and floating knee in
high velocity trauma. |
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Research Proposals received
for BJD-INDIA: NAN sponsorship for the year 2005
- 2006 on prevalence & burden of trauma and spinal
injuries in rural population, assessment of clinical
& TNF-? response to DMARDS in Spondyloarthropathy,
to study BMD in healthy Indian Children and Adolescents. |
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Till date Rs.40 Lacs
received as Research Corpus Funds of which research
proposals worth Rs.22 Lacs accepted and under execution
with satisfactory progress. Research projects closely
monitored by a special BJD-INDIA Committee of experts. |
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3. BJD SYMPOSIUM / LAUNCH FOR FACULTY |
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Scientific session on
'Osteoarthritis' conducted by Dr. Arvind Chopra,
National Secretary, BJD-INDIA: NAN for general practitioners
in Pune on 12 October 2004 - WORLD ARTHRITIS DAY.
Attended by 30 medical practitioners. |
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Symposium on Backache
held on 12 October 2004 in Mumbai. Attended by 75
delegates from the Dept of Medicine, Orthopedics,
Occupational & Physiotherapy. |
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BJD Symposium on 'Osteoporosis
& Tuberculosis of Musculo-Skeletal System' conducted
by Dr. K Mahendranath, Chairman, BJD-INDIA: NAN,
Prof. T K Shanmugasundaram, BJD Ambassador and Dr.
Rohini Handa, BJD-INDIA: NAN Governing Body member,
during the Annual Conference of Indian Rheumatology
Association 'IRACON 2004' on 28 Nov 2004 at Chennai
(South India). More than 150 rheumatologists attended
the Symposium. |
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BJD endorsed by Academy of Medical
Sciences at the Scientific Program on 'OSTEOPOROSIS,
OSTEOARTHRITIS AND BEYOND' organised in Nagpur on
26 December 2004. |
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BJD East India Chapter launched
at a SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM held for the first time
under the auspices of BJD-INDIA: NAN in Kolkata
(East India) on 7 May 2005. Talks on 'Indian Spine',
'Indian Hip', 'Osteoarthritis in India', 'Indian
Osteoporosis', 'Ankylosing Spondylitis' delivered
by eminent doctors from all over India. |
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CME on 'OSTEOPOROSIS' organised
in Pune by BJD-INDIA: NAN & Pune Orthopedic Association
(POA) on 22 May 2005. Well attended by 70 practitioners,
mostly orthopaedic surgeons. Key Speaker - Dr. Ambrish
Mithal, Endocrinologist. |
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Other CMEs: (i) Lecture on 'BONE
AND JOINT DECADE 2000-2010' presented by Dr. G K
Patel, Senior Orthopedic Surgeon and BJD India member
at the annual conference of Gujarat Orthopaedic
Association in Rajkot (West India) on 5 February
2005. 270 delegates attended this lecture. (ii)
CME on 'Arthritis' organised in Jalna on the eve
of World Arthritis Day 2004 by Dr. Satish Goyal,
Orthopaedic Surgeon, and BJD India member. |
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4. PUBLICITY |
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Launch of BJD-INDIA
WEBSITE reported by many national and local news
papers. |
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BJD Activity week and
public awareness program on arthritis broadcasted
by a leading radio station in Pune on the eve of
WORLD ARTHRITIS DAY. |
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BJD Activity Week programs
covered by the local papers in Pune, Mumbai and
Jalna. |
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Public awareness program
in Madurai received good media coverage. |
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5 MEMBERSHIP |
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BJD-INDIA
Membership number reaches 168. Members include medical
practitioners from various fields - rheumatology,
orthopedics, endocrinology, pediatrics, etc. |
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Liaison officer appointed
for West Bengal. BJD-INDIA: NAN now has 6 Liaison
officers representing 6 different states of India
- Prof. Lata Bichile, Maharashtra (West India);
Dr. H K T Raza, Madhya Pradesh (Central India);
Dr. G Narsimulu, Andhra Pradesh (South India); Dr.
Annil Mahajan, Jammu & Kashmir (North India); Dr.
Mathew Varghese, Delhi (North India); and Dr. Alakendu
Ghosh, West Bengal (East India). |
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6. PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAMS |
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Other than
the Symposiums held for the medical faculty during
the BJD Activity Week 2004, public awareness program
organised on 12 October 2004 (WORLD ARTHRITIS DAY)
by Center for Rheumatic Diseases (CRD) and Mission
Arthritis India (MAI), a patient support group,
and one of the founder members of BJD-INDIA: NAN.
Program attended by over 550 people. The second
issue of MAI health magazine inaugurated by Padmabhushan
Dr. K H Sancheti, Senior Orthopedic Surgeon and
Executive Committee member of BJD-INDIA: NAN, the
Guest of honour for the evening. Magazine distributed
free of cost to all. Talks on the 'role of mind
in arthritis', 'STR', etc., given by leading medical
practitioners and specialists of the city. Patients
suffering from severe arthritis felicitated during
the program for their courage and determination. |
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Public Awareness program
on Arthritis organised in Madurai (South India)
on 28 November 2004. Prof. T K Shanmugasundaram,
BJD Ambassador and Former Chairman of BJD-INDIA:
NAN, addressed the public. Several questions and
other issues related to bone and joint disorders
raised by members of the public answered in Tamil
(regional language). |
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7. CAMPS |
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Medical
camp held in village Bhigwan (Pune District), on 16
October 2004. Free check-up provided to over 200
patients. |
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Free of
cost Bone Densitometry check-up camp organised at
Jalna on 20 October 2004. 320 patients tested for
Bone Mineral Density. |
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8. AWARENESS THROUGH WEBSITE |
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BJD-INDIA
website www.bjdindia.org linked to www.rheumatologyindia.org
for further health information on arthritis. |
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www.rheumatologyindia.org
carries several info letters published by MAI as
well as an health booklet containing answers to
the several questions asked by patients and others
on arthritis. |
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| KEY INTERACTIONS WITH ISC, OTHER NANS, REGIONAL GROUPS, GOVERNMENTS |
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Dr. Arvind Chopra, National
Secretary, BJD-INDIA: NAN, invited to present his data
on 'WHO - ILAR COPCORD Bhigwan 1996 - 2005: An overview
of its databank, SWOT Analysis and Environmental Scan'
at the WHO-ILAR-BJD Workshop in Vienna, Austria, on the
Burden and Control of Musculo-Skeletal Conditions in Developing
Countries in June 2005. |
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DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 2006 |
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Epidemiological information
collected from the recently completed population based
multiregional survey to be posted soon on the BJD-INDIA
website www.bjdindia.org. BJD-INDIA website to
be a leading portal for information on rheumatic musculoskeletal
disorders in India. |
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Many more community based
research projects to be initiated and sponsored. The urban
population based surveys to be extended in Delhi (North
India) and Kolkata (East India). |
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Research based on population
surveys is planned to go to South India (Kerala), Gujarat
(West India) and Assam (East India). |
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