WHIS MSK Expert Group Overview

MSK Expert Group World Health Innovation Summit

MSK CONDITIONS AFFECT 20%

OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION LOW BACK PAIN IS THE SINGLE

LEADING CAUSE OF DISABILITY GLOBALLY MSK IS ONE OF THE LEADING

FACTORS FORINABILTIYTO WORKAND EARLY RETIREMENT MSK IS NOT JUST ‘BACK ACHE’ AND A ‘KNEE NIGGLE’ WWW.WHIS.WORLD #WHIS

INTRODUCTION The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted

by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a

shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and

the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the

17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an

urgent call for action by all countries, developed and

developing, in a global partnership. They recognise that

ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-

hand with strategies that improve health and education,

reduce inequality, and spur economic growth –while also tackling climate change and working to preserve our

oceans and forests. The SDGs are about collective action

and the role we all have to play, as global citizens. As

such, the World Health Innovation Summit (WHIS) is a

collaborative platform for everyone. It is focused on

improving people's health and wellbeing, creating new

and purposeful jobs whilst implementing the UN’s 17

SDGs with the UNGSII Foundation.

The SDGs must be viewed as interdependent parts, all

must be achieved if the 2030 Agenda is to be fully realised

FALLS ARE THE SECOND LEADING

CAUSE OF ACCIDENTAL MORTALITY

WORLDWIDE. EACH YEAR AN ESTIAMTED 646,000

INDIVIDUALS DIE EACH YEAR, OF

WHICH OVER 80% ARE IN LOW-

AND MIDDLE-INCOME CONTIRES ADULTS OVER 65 EARS OF AGE

SUFFER THE GREATEST NUMBER OF

FATAL FALLS

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WHIS EXPERT GROUPS

The World Health Innovation Summit (WHIS) platform supports health authorities, local government agencies, City Mayors and Governments to improve people’s health and wellbeing, creating new and purposeful jobs while implementing the 17 UN sustainable development goals. WHIS expert groups are special interest groups to represent specific health disciplines. Groups are established combining voluntary members with divert specialist knowledge for their representative discipline, with the ambition to compile and share best-practice to ensure optimal delivery of the SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing.

BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal conditions include more than 150 diagnoses that affect the locomotor system. These conditions are characterised by pain and reduced physical function, often leading to significant mental health decline, increased risk of developing other chronic health conditions and increased all-cause mortality. Musculoskeletal conditions account for the greatest proportion of persistent pain across geographies and ages. While prevalence estimates vary with respect to age and musculoskeletal condition, approximately one-in-four to one-in-five people worldwide live with a chronic, painful musculoskeletal condition. Musculoskeletal conditions represent an ‘silent epidemic’ that impact health organisation, economies and individuals to catastrophic levels. The WHIS Expert MSK Group aims to tackle this on a global scale.

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MSK EXPERT GROUP OVERVIEW CHAIR BEN WILKINS Aim: identify, collate and champion best-practice in the design, delivery and

implementation of musculoskeletal health services among the 25 SDG cities

and beyond.

Membership: A diverse membership of up to 10 members representing all elements of

MSK health services and systems including front-line clinicians, service

design, policy-makers, grass-roots solutions, academics and researcher. The voluntary membership will be a minimum of 12-months and no upper limit.

4 hours every 2 months (2 hour virtual group meeting, 1 hour pre-

reading/emails, 1 hour post-meeting actions)

Theory of Change Diverse group of

MSK specialists

Regular meetings with

collective aims and

objectives

Direct information from

SDG stakeholders to

inform focus

SGD City specific

information to inform

focus

Identification of best-

practice and poor-

practice for pragmatic

guidance

Inclusion of cross-

cultural, geographic

diverse and resource

specific solutions and

learnings

A network of leaders,

influencers and

stakeholders to create

connections

Identifying/proposing

projects for financing through the WHIS

network (and connecting

people and projects)

Highlighting the clinical, economic and

cultural importance of

MSK focus

Dissemination of best-

practice to SDG cities

to ‘on-the-ground’

change makers

Resulting in MSK

focused people and

projects funded in

SDG cities

Connection of wider

network and

stakeholders to

maximise projects

potential

Better utilisation of

resources & avoidance of poor-practice replication

High-value, highimpact MSK services and systems

Implementation of best-practice

knowledge and

learnings

Further dissemination

of learnings on an

international scale

GOOD MSK HEALTH & WELLBEING

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