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Populations around the world are rapidly ageing, and this demographic transition will impact on almost all aspects of society. Although population ageing can be viewed as a rich new opportunity for both individuals and societies, evidence that increasing longevity is being accompanied by an extended period of good health is scarce. Therefore, a coherent and focused public health response that spans multiple sectors and stakeholders is urgently needed. To guide this global response, WHO has released two radical documents: a) the first World report on ageing and health, reviewing current knowledge and gaps and providing a public health framework for action, b) Global strategy and action plan on ageing and health that provides a policy framework to ensure that societal responses to population ageing are aligned with this ambitious development agenda. These two reports are built around a redefinition of healthy ageing that centres on the notion of functional ability: the combination of the intrinsic capacity of the individual, relevant environmental characteristics, and the interactions between the individual and these characteristics. This opening session of the symposium will introduce WHO new public health framework for Health Policy highlights key findings and recommendations of the normative work. HL2 IL-17 IN BONE, CARTILAGE AND MUSCLE DISEASES: STATE OF THE ARTAND PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PATIENT P. Miossec Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Immunogenomics and inflammation research unit, University of Lyon, Lyon, France