The health burden represented by osteoporosis and fragility fractures is growing rapidly at the global level, largely due to ageing demographics. Projections show that by 2050, the worldwide incidence of ...
March 30, 2020
The All-Russian Union of Patient Public Associations (VSP) has distributed the final resolution of the X All-Russian Congress of Patients “Interaction of the government and the patient community as the ...
March 25, 2020
March 25, 2020
Al igual que el año anterior, el programa se desarrolló en colaboración con reconocidos expertos latinoamericanos y sus sesiones que se llevarán a cabo en forma mensual en español y ...
February 25, 2020
There are over 300 million people living with rare diseases around the world, affecting 3.5% - 5.9% of the worldwide population. Approximately 72% of rare diseases are genetic with 70% ...
February 28, 2020
The fracture risk assessment tool, FRAX®, released in 2008, provides country-specific algorithms for estimating individualized 10-year probability of hip and major osteoporotic fracture (hip, clinical spine, distal forearm, and proximal ...
March 02, 2020
IOF looks forward to welcoming 18 Committee of National Societies (CNS) member organizations in this year’s edition of our CNS Village during the upcoming WCO-IOF-ESCEO congress in Barcelona, Spain.
The ...
February 12, 2020
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) is pleased to welcome the new 20-member Board for the term 2020-2024. The following individuals, all outstanding experts in the field, have been elected from ...
February 10, 2020
Osteoporosis and fragility fractures have for too long been ignored in health policy. This has left millions of people – mostly older women – without access to the care and ...
January 30, 2020
The IOF Committee of National Societies (CNS), which now comprises 260 organizations from 100 countries/territories, was honoured to welcome nine new societies this past year. The new organizations, from all ...
February 03, 2020
El 1 y 2 de abril, en el marco del WCO-IOF-ESCEO 2020, se llevará a cabo una nueva edición del Curso de Osteoporosis Essentials (Clínica Track). El curso es una ...
February 20, 2020
El Congreso de la AMMOM, que se celebrará del 19 al 22 de marzo, será precedido por un evento especial de educación del paciente.
Del 19 al 22 de ...
February 20, 2020