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  1. SF-36 health survey, Medical Outcomes Trust, Waltham, MA, USA.

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The burden and control of musculoskeletal conditions in developing Countries 11–12 June 2005, Vienna list of participants

Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Nasser

Associate Professor of Rheumatology

Minia University

13 Botros Ghally Street

11341 Heliopolis

Cairo

Egypt

Tel.: +20-2-2590259

E-mail: aabdelnasser@yahoo.co.uk

Dr. Kristina Åkesson

Associate Professor

Department of Clinical Science, Malmö

Lund University

Department of Orthopedics

Malmö University Hospital

S-205 02 Malmö

Sweden

Tel.: +46-40-332370

Fax: +46-40-336200

E-mail: kristina.akesson@med.lu.se

Dr. Juan Angulo-Solimano

Hospital Central Fuerza

Aerea del Peru

Jefe Seccion Reumatologia

Lima 18

Peru

Tel.: +51-1-4418057

Fax: +51-1-2217067

E-mail: janulo01@terra.com.pe

Dr Freddy Arnauts

Arnauts & Partners, Ltd.

Healthcare Management and Consultancy

Antwerpsesteenweg, 124

2630 Aartselaar

Belgium

Tel.: +32-3-8777380

Fax: +32-3-8777476

E-mail: freddy@arnautspartners.com

Prof. Nicholas Bellamy

Mayne Medical School

The University of Queensland

Herston Road

Herston QLD 4006

Australia

Tel.: +61-7-33644783

Fax: +61-7-33464603

E-mail: nbellamy@ccs.uq.edu.au

Prof. Peter Brooks

Executive Dean (Health Sciences)

Edith Cavell Building

Royal Brisbane Hospital

QLD 4029

New Zealand

Tel: +61-7-33655106

Fax: +61-7-33655533

E-mail: p.brooks@mailbox.uq.edu.au

Dr. Arvind Chopra

Director and Consultant, Centre for Rheumatoid Diseases

PCRD-Hermes Doctor House

Convent St-Camp

Pune 00041-1001

India

Tel: +91-20-6344099

Fax: +91-20-6138980

E-mail: archopra@pn2.vsnl.net.in

Dr. John Darmawan

Member, WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Chronic Degenerative Diseases (Rheumatic Diseases)

Seroja Rheumatic Center

Jalan Seroja Dalam 7

Semarang 50136

Central Java

Indonesia

Tel.: +62-248-316496

Fax: +62-248-310028

E-mail: jd131035@hotmail.com

Dr. Jan Dequeker

Department of Rheumatology

University Hospitals KU Leuven

Herestraat 49

B-3000 Leuven

Belgium

Tel.: +32-16-346341

Fax: +32-16-346343

E-mail: jan.dequeker@med.kuleuven.ac.be

Professor George Ehrlich

Member, WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Chronic Degenerative Diseases (Rheumatic Diseases)

241 South Sixth Street

Philadelphia PA 19106-3731

USA

Tel.: +1-215-9289988

E-mail: ge2@mindspring.com

Professor J. Mieke Hazes

Rheumatologist, Head of Rheumatology

Department of Rheumatology

Erasmus Medical Center

Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Tel: + 31-71-5263598

Fax : + 31-71-5266752

E-mail: j.hazes@erasmusmc.nl

Dr Marc Hochberg

University of Maryland School of Medicine

10 South Pine Street, MSTF 834

Baltimore, MD 21201

Tel.: +1-410-7066474

Fax: +1-410-7060231

E-mail: mhochber@umaryland.edu

Professor Abraham Garcia Kutzbach.

Professor of medicine and Director Post-Graduate program of Rheumatology

Facultad de Medicina Universidad Francisco Marroquin.

Clinicas Herrera Llerandi Norte

6a Avenue 7-55 Zona 10

Guatemala City

Guatemala

Tel: +502-284-5959 ext. 2525

Fax: +502-233-43859

E-mail: abraham@garciakutzbach.org, agarciak@ufm.edu.gt

Mr Robert Johnstone

President, Arthritis and Rheumatism International

14 Hazel Lane

Skelmersdale, Lancashire WN8 6UN

United Kingdom

Tel: +44-790-5094654

Fax: +44-169-5733928

E-mail: robertjohnstone@onetel.com

Ms Sara Martin

Communications Manager

The Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010

Department of Orthopaedics

Lund University Hospital

SE-221 85 Lund

Sweden

Tel: +32-476-274325

E-mail: smartin@skynet.be

Professor Girish Mahasukhlal Mody

Dean and Aaron Beare Family Professor of Rheumatology

Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine

University of KwaZulu-Natal

719 Umbilo Road

Durban 4001

South Africa

Tel: +27-131-2604284

Fax: +27-131-2604482

E-mail: modyg@nu.ac.za

Dr Jorge Morales Torres

Hospital Aranda de la Parra

Hidalgo 327-704

León, 37000, Gto.

Mexico

Tel: +52-14-7145559

Fax: +5214-7145559

E-mail: j.morales@att.net.mx

Dr Eugeny Nasonov

Institute of Rheumatology RAMS

Kashirskoye Shosse 34-A

Moscow 115522

Russian Federation

Tel.: +7 -095-1144456

Fax: +7 095 114 4468

E-mail: nasonov@irramn.ru

Dr Ross E Petty

Professor, Department of Pediatrics

University of British Columbia

4480 Oak Street, Room K4 120

Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4

Canada

Tel.: +1-604-8753678

Fax: +1-604-8753141

E-mail: rpetty@cw.bc.ca

Professor J.J. (Hans) RaskerRheumatologist, Faculty Behavioral Sciences, Department Communication Studies

University Twente Cubicus Room C-229

PO Box 217

Enschede 7500 AE

The Netherlands

Tel.: +31-53-4894048

Fax: +31-53-4894259

E-mail: j.j.rasker@utwente.nl

Dr Soosan Soroosh

Military University for Medical Services

Hospital 501, Etemadzadeh St

Tehran 14117

Iran

Tel.: 98-21-8806-0568

Fax: 98-21-88308444

E-mail: ssbh@neda.net

Dr Ernst Wagner

Head of the Special Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases

A-2500 Baden, Sauerhofstraße 9-15

Austria

Tel.: 43-2252-481773614

Fax: 43-2252-481773681

E-mail: dr.ernstwagner@gmx.net

Professor Anthony Woolf

Professor of Rheumatology

Institute of Health and Social Care Research

Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth

Consultant Rheumatologist

Duke of Cornwall Rheumatology Department

Royal Cornwall Hospital

Truro TR1 2LJ

United Kingdom

Tel.: +44-1872-864442

Fax: +44 1872 222 857

E-mail: anthony.woolf@btopenworld.com

WHO Secretariat

Dr Nikolai Khaltaev

Responsible Officer, Chronic Respiratory Diseases and Arthritis

Chronic Diseases Prevention and Management

(NMH/CHP/CPM)

khaltaevn@who.int

Dr Bruce Pfleger

Chronic Respiratory Diseases and Arthritis

Chronic Diseases Prevention and Management

(NMH/CHP/CPM)

bpfleger@life.edu

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Pfleger, B. Burden and control of musculoskeletal conditions in developing countries: a joint WHO/ILAR/BJD meeting report. Clin Rheumatol 26, 1217–1227 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-007-0645-7

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