The Committee of National Societies Medal honours an individual who has made an important contribution to the IOF's Committee of National Societies (CNS) through active participation in CNS activities and by expanding the IOF’s message and outreach in his/her country. The CNS, comprising more than 300 patient and medical societies, is IOF’s core membership committee. As a group, it forms the world’s largest single network of national organizations dedicated to osteoporosis and musculoskeletal disorders.

IOF is pleased to honour the achievements of noteworthy members of the IOF family with this prestigious annual award, which recognizes a CNS representative who has made an important contribution to the cause of osteoporosis prevention through active participation in CNS activities and by expanding IOF’s messages and outreach in his/her country.

Winners of the CNS Medal

2025: Dr. Alejandro Vázquez Alanís, accepted on behalf of the Asociación Mexicana de Metabolismo Óseo y Mineral A.C. (AMMOM).

2024: Dr. Leith Zakraoui, Professor at the University of Tunis School of Medicine.

2023: Prof. Osvaldo D. Messina, President of the Rheumatology and Osteology Research Foundation, Argentina, and Director of the Rheumatology Department at the Cosme Argerich Hospital in Buenos Aires.

2022: Teréza Hough, CEO of the National Osteoporosis Foundation South Africa (NOFSA).

2021: Dr. Ngozi Njeze, MD, Founder and Chair of the Foundation for Awareness of Osteoporosis, Nigeria.

2020: Dr. Famida Jiwa, President and CEO of Osteoporosis Canada, and longstanding Chair of the CNS Sub-Committee of Patient Societies.

2019: Dr. Varta Babalyon, President of the Armenian Osteoporosis Association.

2018: Prof. Bagher Larijani, founding Director-General and Chief Scientific Officer of EMRI in Iran.

2017: Dr Thierry Thomas, Professor of Medicine and Head of the Rheumatology Department, University Hospital, St. Etienne, France.

2016: Dr. Elias Hanna Saba, Chief Executive Director of the Palestinian Osteoporosis Prevention Society (POPS).

2015: Dr. Manju Chandran, Senior Endocrinologist and Director of the Osteoporosis and Bone Metabolism Unit at Singapore General Hospital.

2014: Dr. Vladyslav Povoroznyuk, President of the Ukrainian Osteoporosis Association.