We are very excited to announce that the World Arthritis Day 2015 campaign, ‘

’ has just been launched. World Arthritis Day provides a great opportunity to bring everyone together to raise awareness of issues affecting people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases .

For World Arthritis Day this year, we are asking people to take action and share virtual High 5s on social media, using the hashtag #WADHigh5.

Visit our new campaign website to find out how you can get involved, whether you want to engage in the campaign as an organisation or simply share a High 5 on social media: www.worldarthritisday.org.

‘High 5 for World Arthritis Day’ forms part of the wider 2015-2016 theme: It’s in your hands, take action. This reflects the idea of patient centred care and ‘taking control’ to encourage the active involvement of patients and their families in the design of new care models and in decision-making about individual options for treatment.