Spine20

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Mission

Optimize treatment in the global community to ensure patients have access to the best spine care possible in their respective regions.

Vision

A world where appropriate spine care helps minimize global disability and dramatically improve the lives of those suffering from spine problems, so their families and communities can thrive.

Objectives

The Societies will further the mission of the SPINE20 initiative as they seek to:

A. Training all health-care partners involved in spine care around the world on evidence-based spine care.
B. Educating patients, families, and communities about evidence-based spine care and how to access it.
C. Enhancing local support and economic conditions for spine practitioners by adopting sound spine health policies within health ministries and governmental programs across the globe.
D. Improving global research funding for spine care, including public health, prevention, treatment alternatives, and prevention of disability from spinal disorders.
E. Serving as a resource for governmental agencies and Sherpas through an extensive global network of spine societies to establish improved access and spine care globally and within each society’s home country.
F. Improving access to spine care specialists globally through advocacy within the global community and within the Societies’ home countries.
G. Establishing a minimum standard for training of care and prevention of spinal disorders globally for all health care partners, including nurses, chiropractors, physical therapists, osteopaths, exercise physiologists, general practitioners, surgeons and other spine specialists.