Following ‘The Brain Decade’, the WHO endorsed the launch of ‘The Bone and Joint Decade (BJD) 2000-2010’ in Geneva, Switzerland, in Jan 2000, to address numerous concerns and lacunae regarding information, treatment and control of bone and joint diseases. The BJD aims at improving quality of life of patients suffering from bone & joint diseases. It proposes to empower patient with sufficient knowledge on these diseases. BJD is an umbrella organization encompassing all those who were connected with the bone and joints. National Action Networks (NAN) have been set up, one for each country, to carry out the BJD task on hand.

BJD-INDIA: NAN was launched from Pune in Nov 2000. The Govt. of India endorsed BJD-INDIA: NAN in April 2001. It has been further recognized by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Govt. of India, as a Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (SIRO). Representatives from various major national organizations such as Indian Rheumatology Association (IRA), Indian Orthopedics Association (IOA), Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS), Mission Arthritis India (MAI), a patient support group, Indian Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ISBMR), Trauma Society of India (TSI), Osteoporosis Society of India (OSI), constitute the Governing Body of BJD- INDIA: NAN. The Head office of BJD-INDIA: NAN is located in Center for Rheumatic Diseases and is the core of all the activities being carried by BJD-INDIA.

Details of the numerous activities carried by BJD-INDIA are available on the website www.bjdindia.org