On the eve of World Arthritis Day, JAFA welcomes the support of key health and allied peak bodies in its campaign to reduce critical delays in diagnosing the painful childhood illness juvenile arthritis, signing a consensus statement to be released at a National Stakeholder Forum in Parliament House, Canberra today (9 October).

The Consensus statement supports the goal of JAFA and the Australian Paediatric Rheumatology Group (APRG) to reduce the current dangerous delays in the diagnosis of juvenile arthritis from 10 months to 10 weeks by 2030.

JAFA is grateful for the Federal Government funding for its two year health professional awareness early diagnosis program “Juvenile Arthritis: Early Diagnosis – Early Intervention Changing Children’s Lives” that led to the development of the national consensus statement on the diagnosis of juvenile arthritis.

JAFA thanks the organisations that have signed up and looks forward to progressing the campaign to reduce delays in diagnosis of Juvenile Arthritis from 10 months to 10 weeks by 2030.