Arthritis as a disease is posing a significant burden on the people of India and there is an emergent need to tackle the problem in a structured & strategic manner. India is a diverse country where penetration and quality access to healthcare is relatively suboptimal. Awareness and early diagnosis are vital to the appropriate treatment of Arthritis.

Looking at the magnitude of the disease burden and the larger goal of creating awareness cannot be achieved by efforts from Government or organizations alone. In fact, it will need a significant contribution from people and public and a more comprehensive approach and effort.

Joint Mitra is the face of people who are willing to contribute to this noble cause of creating awareness and help the patients in pain. Volunteers, youths, Senior Citizens or patients who want to help, anybody with spirit of helping patients can become a Joint Mitra.

Joint Mitra works as a bridge between the health experts and the patients as he has got an intent to help. JM can help to increase the social awareness in the community by connecting with maximum number of patients who suffer from arthritis and make them acquainted about severity and stage of disease