AUSTRALIAN ARTHRITIS & OSTEOPOROSIS FOUNDATIONS
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SITES
 Department of Health & Ageing
www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/content/pq-arthritis
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Quality Improvement Program (AMQuIP)
www.amquip.org.au
General health information
HealthInsite: www.healthinsite.gov.au
OTHER LINKS
National Healthy Bones Week: www.healthybones.com.au
Held in August each year, this is a useful site for health professionals, groups, schools and students with ideas to help raise awareness.
Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010
The Bone and Joint Decade 2000 – 2010 is an umbrella organisation for professional societies, governments, patient advocacy groups, industry and researchers who work together to make bone and joint health the business of every Australian.
www.bjd.org.au/index.html
Australian Rheumatology Association
www.rheumatology.org.au
Australian Rheumatology Association Database (ARAD)
ARAD is a voluntary national registry for all people with Rheumatoid arthritis, Ankylosing spondylitis, Psoriatic arthritis, or Juvenile arthritis. ARAD was established in 2002 and aims to enhance the care of people with arthritis by studying the long-term outcomes of the condition, including responses to new medications.
www.rheumatology.org.au/rheumatologists/aradatabase.asp
Rheumatology Health Professionals Association
www.ausrhpa.com/
Powerful Girls have Powerful Bones
Focus on education and information for children and youth
www.cdc.gov/powerfulbones
Scleroderma Australia
www.sclerodermaaustralia.com.au
OVERSEAS SITES
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