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World Spine Care Canada and Pimicikamak Okimawin announce a new collaborative project to improve access to spine care - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.globalspinecareinitiative.org/news/2021/11/improving-health-of-patients-in-remote-communities monthly 0.5 2021-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa2e49d261608646ba3d1ce/234b74e4-143f-47bd-83f6-ff665be43a44/logo-uqtr-entete.png News - Improving Health of Patients in Remote Communities - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa2e49d261608646ba3d1ce/1630447118457-BROSPM35LT5QGVZXRF75/AndreBussieres.jpg News - Improving Health of Patients in Remote Communities - Make it stand out Prof. André Bussières, Department of Chiropractic, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières https://www.globalspinecareinitiative.org/news/2021/3/a-new-peer-reviewed-article-describes-world-spine-care-amp-gscis-guides-for-managing-neck-and-back-pain monthly 0.5 2021-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa2e49d261608646ba3d1ce/1616025240679-CON6ZBYDPGABTJLKGUWQ/COVID-19+Clinician+Guide+iPad+Mockup News - A new peer-reviewed article describes World Spine Care & GSCI's guides for managing neck and back pain The guides for managing neck and back pain were developed by 29 authors from 10 countries, as described in a new peer-reviewed article. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa2e49d261608646ba3d1ce/1616025337444-8IJLJ0QPKVC3IB1MI5X9/Device+Mockups+HD.001.jpeg News - A new peer-reviewed article describes World Spine Care & GSCI's guides for managing neck and back pain The webpage for the COVID-19 guides for managing back and neck pain has been accessed over 5,000 times in the past 10 months. https://www.globalspinecareinitiative.org/news/2018/10/global-spine-care-initiative-project-published-in-european-spine-journal monthly 0.5 2022-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa2e49d261608646ba3d1ce/1604518265050-6KT4RNIOBLRE85MJKK0N/GSCI+Supplement+Cover+Small.jpeg News - Global Spine Care Initiative project published in European Spine Journal European Spine Journal Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2018 https://www.globalspinecareinitiative.org/news/2020/11/update-to-the-lancet-low-back-pain-series-mentions-global-spine-care-initiative monthly 0.5 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa2e49d261608646ba3d1ce/1606869166957-KRCMT0N93WLDPDQTTZ40/PAIN+Journal+September+2020+Cover.jpeg News - 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Global Contributors Sixty-eight clinicians, scientists, patients, and policymakers participated in the deliberations and are authors of one or more of the GSCI papers. Fifty-seven have provided spine care in 34 countries (high-, middle-, and low-income countries, as well as underserved communities in high-income countries). The majority of GSCI contributors reported either personally experiencing or having a close family member with one or more spine concerns: spine-related trauma or injury, spine problems that required emergency or surgical intervention, spine pain referred from non-spine sources, spinal deformity, spinal pathology or disease, neurological problems, and/or mild, moderate, or severe back or neck pain. Thus, each has personally experienced the impact of spine-related disorders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa2e49d261608646ba3d1ce/1604513243579-YQVTJDRTZXAQ9V2O2P38/Scott+Haldeman+Principal+Investigator+GSCI.jpg Home - Dr. Scott Haldeman Principal Investigator Spinal disorders, including low back and neck pain, have become an enormous international health crisis. The World Health Organization's Burden of Disease report shows that low back pain is the number one cause of disability worldwide with neck pain in fourth. Over one billion individuals are impacted by back and neck pain and the prevalence of these conditions is increasing. Spine conditions have a greater impact on women, the poor, and the elderly and can result in poverty and death through starvation. Managing these conditions is a particular challenge in low resource settings, where effective models of care must also be efficient and sustainable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa2e49d261608646ba3d1ce/1604513729952-4U2B07WJ8757QPRY1OWY/Global+Impact+of+Spinal+Disorders.jpg Home - Global Impact Inability to work due to spine pain or disability may result in a catastrophic chain of events for a family struggling financially. Spinal conditions cost billions of dollars each year through health care fees, diminished income, and loss of productivity. A World Health Organization Global Burden of Disease report published in the The Lancet (2012) reported: Low back pain is the leading cause of disability. Neck pain is the fourth leading cause of disability. Low back pain and neck pain affect 1 billion people worldwide. Spinal pain contributes more to the global burden of disease than HIV, diabetes, malaria, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, breast and lung cancer combined, traffic injuries, and lower respiratory infections. The most common spine-related concerns that people present with are back and neck pain, which affects people in all nations around the world. https://www.globalspinecareinitiative.org/mission daily 0.75 2021-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa2e49d261608646ba3d1ce/1610996770216-5BFBR304YHB099Y7ZFJ5/GSCIModelOfCare.png Our Mission - Our Mission To provide a practical, evidence-informed, and sustainable spine health care model for communities around the world. https://www.globalspinecareinitiative.org/executive-team daily 0.75 2021-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa2e49d261608646ba3d1ce/1604513243579-YQVTJDRTZXAQ9V2O2P38/Scott+Haldeman+Principal+Investigator+GSCI.jpg Executive Team - Scott Haldeman Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. 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