| CIHR Institutes |
| IMHA Home |
| About IMHA |
| IMHA Funding |
| IMHA Partnerships |
| IMHA Showcase |
| IMHA Publications & Resources |
| IMHA Calendar of Events |
| Contact IMHA |
|
. . . Advancing the Science of Arthritis, Rehabilitation, Bone, Muscle, Skin and Oral Health. |
 |
The nucleus of ACAP was formed in early 2002 when IMHA, The Arthritis Society and the Canadian Arthritis Network came together to stage the Osteoarthritis (OA) Consensus Conference. One of the outcomes of the conference was a joint commitment to form an overarching National Arthritis Plan. With the addition of two patient stakeholder organizations in January 2003, the Cochrane Collaboration and the Canadian Arthritis Patients Alliance, a unique collaboration was formed. Today, ACAP has grown to include 10 member organizations representing health professionals, researchers, institutions, governments, NGOs and patients/consumers. The next sector targeted for inclusion in the Alliance will be industry partners - particularly those involved in diagnostics
Overall, the ACAP model is proving to be a highly effective mechanism for building stakeholder relations and ongoing partnerships, and IMHA is working to build similar models across its six focus areas.
