A COPCORD driven perspective
| The current perspective
is based on the author’s experience with COPCORD (community oriented
program for control of rheumatic diseases) in India and clinical practice
in Center for Rheumatic Diseases (CRD), Pune. Almost half of the patients
at the CRD consist of people from rural areas and small towns scattered
all over Maharashtra. CRD also coordinates 13 COPCORD survey sites
all over India. During the last three decades or so, COPCORD has accumulated
an unprecedented quantum of community data on musculoskeletal pain
and life styles and is thus an appropriate platform for describing
the status and challenges of community rheumatology in India Keywords: Community rheumatology, COPCORD. |
