The Waitematā District Health Board (DHB) Fracture Liaison Service has achieved the highest standard of coordinated post-fracture care, earning a Capture the Fracture® Gold Standard certificate in recognition of ...
May 07, 2021
Today, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and Osteoporosis Canada (OC) are pleased to announce the inclusion of 42 Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) from the Osteoporosis Canada FLS Registry on the ...
April 20, 2021
On March 20th, the ‘IOF Tour: Approach to Secondary Fracture Prevention in Mexico’ was held in conjunction with the National College of Geriatric Medicine (CONAMEGER).
Mexican mentors ...
March 30, 2021
In the UK a new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Osteoporosis and Bone Health has been launched today. The APPG will work to raise awareness of the condition and the ...
March 25, 2021
IOF recently had the pleasure to be invited to the ‘Ageing population & Autonomy’ Roundtable organised by representatives of the French Parliament in cooperation with ANCO (Alliance Nationale Contre l’Ostéoporose) ...
February 24, 2021
By 2025 some 500 million people will be living with osteoporosis, a chronic disease which weakens bones and leaves older adults at risk of a fragility fracture - a broken ...
February 01, 2021
Vertebral fractures often remain undetected, despite their significance as risk factors for future fractures. The routine use of vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) in fracture liaison services would help physicians detect ...
January 28, 2021
> Below is the English translation of an insightful article 'Las Unidades de Fractura se implantan a ritmo lento en España pese a demostrar su eficacia' by journalist ...
January 20, 2021
IOF is very honoured to announce the integration of 105 UK Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) on the Capture the Fracture® Map of Best Practice.
The Map, which ...
November 17, 2020
This World Osteoporosis Day, an interview with IOF President Cyrus Cooper highlighted the burden of osteoporosis in Europe and the need for effective policy solutions to fight the fragility fracture ...
October 22, 2020
As a member of the Asia Pacific Fragility Fracture Alliance (APFFA), the International Osteoporosis Foundation, together with Capture the Fracture®, congratulate APFFA on the launch of ...
September 29, 2020
The Fragility Fracture Network (FFN), in conjunction with the International Osteoporosis Foundation, has developed a Call to Action to improve the care of people with fragility fractures. The ...
September 27, 2020