First meeting of the Mexican Coalition for Secondary Fracture Prevention identifies challenges and opportunities for the implementation of timely care programmes, and improvement of the quality of ...
March 23, 2023
Today, the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO), the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the WHO Collaborating Center for Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal ...
February 28, 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO) signed an agreement to develop a strategic roadmap on ...
February 24, 2023
An estimated 100,000 to 120,000 fragility fractures occur annually in the Netherlands, the equivalent of at least 11 broken bones per hour. The cause is osteoporosis, a disease in which ...
January 30, 2023
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Leading bone experts from the Asia Pacific convened in Singapore on December 10, 2022 for the Asia ...
December 15, 2022
“Broken bones due to osteoporosis, known as fragility fractures, are a major concern for public health in Italy. Unless solutions are found, the current crisis will only escalate as our ...
January 23, 2023
IOF CEO Philippe Halbout recently travelled to four Asian cities to liaise with local member societies, healthcare providers and health authorities, providing a global perspective and support for national efforts ...
September 13, 2018
A new report issued by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Capture the Fracture® programme, in collaboration with leading Spanish experts, aims to stimulate health policy change that will address ...
January 11, 2023
Osteoporosis is a serious and growing healthcare problem in Europe, resulting in more than 4.3 million fragility fractures and enormous healthcare costs in excess of €56 billion annually. Nevertheless, it ...
October 19, 2022
This Global Week of Action on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs), from September 5-11, 2022, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) joins the NCD Alliance to urge greater investment in NCDs, including osteoporosis ...
September 05, 2022
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Ten years after the publication of the first audit report on osteoporosis for the Latin American region in 2012, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) regional office for ...
August 11, 2022
An osteoporotic fracture occurs every three seconds worldwide.1
With more than 50 per cent of the world’s hip fractures expected to occur in the Asia Pacific (AP) region ...
May 24, 2022