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Arthritis Advocacy in BC
Strength in Numbers
The Arthritis Society BC and Yukon Division works together with arthritis advocates improving the lives of the 600,000 people in BC living with arthritis. We are building an advocacy network across BC and the Yukon, which is committed to creating positive change and bringing arthritis to the top of the healthcare agenda.
We need more advocates to help in the fight against arthritis. The rapidly growing prevalence of arthritis in British Columbia’s population has become a major health care crisis. Serious gaps exist between what is necessary in arthritis treatment and what a citizen in BC and the Yukon receives.
We need the help of advocates in
communities across BC and the Yukon to become involved and take
action for arthritis. Read about the issues, become informed and make your voice
heard.
The Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (CAPA) is an
organization led by Canadians living with arthritis who are dedicated to
improving arthritis care and services.CAPA is guided by the
belief that the first expert in arthritis is the person who lives with it.
Members are motivated by a vision of a world free from arthritis. As a network of advocates, CAPA members and associate members work
independently and together at the national, provincial and local levels on issue important to people with arthritis. www.arthritispatient.ca.
Please
also view the linked information below: CANADIAN
ARTHRITIS BILL OF RIGHTS
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This page was last reviewed/updated on : 01/23/2009