1998 In April, with the support of WHO, a seminar attended by more than 70 experts in the fields of orthopedics, rheumatology, osteoporosis, traumatology, physiotherapy and rehabilitation was held in Lund University, Sweden. At the meeting, Lars Lidgren proposed that 2000-20 10 should be the decade of bones and joints. 1999165438+10 In October, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan signed the official supporting document. In June 2000, 5438+1October 13- 15, WHO officially launched this activity in Geneva, with 750 medical institutions signing documents and 37 governments supporting the Ten-Year Osteoarthropathy Campaign. The World Health Organization decided to reduce the expected incidence of osteoarthritis by 25% through ten years' efforts. In April, 20001,China set up the fund of arthritis prevention education project of the Ministry of Health, and began to pay attention to this disease from the health administrative department. Every year, 65438+1October 12 is World Osteoarthritis Day, which aims to remind people to pay attention to the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis. Therefore, the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis is a work that needs the common concern of the whole society.