Working together to improve arthritis outcomes and quality of life! In April 1998, with the support of WHO, a symposium was held at Lund University in Sweden with more than 70 experts in orthopedics, rheumatology, osteoporosis, traumatology, and physical therapy and rehabilitation, at which Lars Lidgren proposed a decade of bone and joint from 2000-2010. From January 13-15, 2000, WHO officially launched the campaign worldwide in Geneva, with 750 medical institutions signing the document and 37 governments supporting the Bone and Joint Decade. In April 2001, China established the Ministry of Health Arthritis Prevention and Control Education Program Fund to focus on this disease from the health administration. World Osteoarthritis Day is also celebrated every year on October 12 to remind people of the importance of osteoarthritis prevention and treatment. The prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis is a community-wide effort, and October 12 is World Arthritis Day. In Asia, one in six people will develop arthritis, the world’s number one disabling disease, at some point in their lives, and the number of arthritis patients in mainland China is estimated to be over 100 million and growing. But arthritis is very treatable. “The purpose of World Arthritis Day is to remind people of the importance of early prevention, diagnosis and treatment of arthritis in order to prevent disability.