In seniors, hip fractures and resulting immobility result in high morbidity, and mortality of up to 30% in the first year. As yet, there is no therapy available to address ...
July 15, 2019
The RegMed Forum which took place in Berlin on Oct 22, 2019, was attended by experts from the Brandburger region of Germany and this year focused on exchange between patients ...
October 28, 2019
In accordance with the IOF's operating regulations in Latin America, the Regional Advisory Council (RAC) is fully renewed every four years. The RAC is composed of six members elected from ...
March 31, 2020
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
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
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
The Meeting, organized by the HIPGEN project’s coordinator Dr Tobias Winkler (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) in collaboration with host organization ALTA, brought together more than 30 participants representing a network ...
March 14, 2019
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), the Asian Federation of Osteoporosis Societies (AFOS) and the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) have launched a new regional alliance in which the three ...
December 06, 2018
Formation of the Asia Pacific Fragility Fracture Alliance coincides with an article published in MJA Insight calling for an urgent, cross-disciplinary, multi-sector response to the mounting medical emergency facing Asia’s ...
November 29, 2018
Hip fractures are a major public health concern in the European Union, with an increasing incidence of 1 million patients per year, high direct and indirect costs due to the ...
June 27, 2018