Category Congresses

18 May

OAFI participated in the 1st Cellab Symposium of Regenerative Medicine

We participated in the 1st Cellab Symposium on Regenerative Medicine: “Applications in cell therapy” where Dr. Josep Verges highlighted: “the importance of the informed/empowered patient in all processes that affect them, the importance of prevention in all risk groups: childhood, athletes, women and seniors, and the ingredients of an ideal treatment in #artrosis”. Dr.Salarich mentioned […]

17 Mar

The OAFI Foundation and the University of Barcelona’s Service of Development of Medicines (SDM) are collaborating to develop projects for joint health.

The International Osteoarthritis Foundation (OAFI), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to improve quality of life of people with osteoarthritis and the dissemination of actions for the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis, and the University of Barcelona’s Service of Development of Medicines (SDM), whose purpose is to promote innovation and creativity in the field of […]

19 Oct

OA Task force steps forward

The second annual meeting of the International Osteoarthritis Task Force (OA Task Force) led by the International Osteoarthritis Foundation (OAFI), the Arthritis Foundation, and with the participation of the Pan American League of Rheumatology Associations (PANLAR), the Spanish Rheumatology League (LIRE), the Association of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis Patients (AECOSAR), and the Foundation Arthrose (Belgium), […]

13 Oct

Barcelona, world capital of osteoarthritis patients

The OAFI Foundation has organized the 1st International Congress of Patients of Osteoarthritis at CosmoCaixa More than 150 million patients were represented by the most important international rheumatological disease patient associations Taichi session On 9 and 10 October, the International Osteoarthritis Foundation (OAFI) organized the 1st International Congress of Osteoarthritis Patients at Cosmocaixa Barcelona with […]

11 Oct

FC Barcelona and the OAFI Foundation collaborate against osteoarthritis in sport

Both entities agree to promote the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis in sportmen, professional or amateur, from childhood to adulthood The collaboration agreement was presented today at the 1st International Congress of Osteoarthritis Patients, organized by OAFI Dr. Gil Rodas and Dr. Josep Vergés during the presentation OF THE AGREEMENT IN CosmoCaixa The International Osteoarthritis […]

4 Sep

Dr. Josep Vergés: “The patient must MOVE from complaint to active participation”

On Saturday, September 2, the President of the International Osteoarthritis Foundation (OAFI), Dr. Josep Vergés, participated in the Second National Symposium of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis of Colombia held at the Great Compensar Auditorium in Bogotá. Empowered Patients Before an audience of nearly a thousand people, Dr. Vergés presented one of the Foundation’s star projects: […]

31 Aug

OAFI exports its osteoarthritis PATIENT EMPOWEREMENT MODEL to Colombia

On Saturday, September 2, the President of the Osteoarthritis Foundation International (OAFI), Dr. Josep Vergés, will participate in the Second National Symposium for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Colombia which is being held at the Compensar Grand Auditorium in Bogota. Empowered Patients Under the title “Patient Communities: challenges and expectations” Dr. Vergés will present the […]

27 Jul

OAFI hosts the I International Congress for OA Patients

Osteoarthritis Foundation International (OAFI) together with other patients’ associations that treat rheumatologic diseases recognized worldwide are meeting next 9th and 10th of October to find solutions to osteoarthritis It is estimated that 242 million people have osteoarthritis in the world and the number of patients is increasing Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease that affects both the […]

17 May

Being a woman and having osteoarthritis multiplies the possibility of suffering other diseases

The most frequent are anxiety and depression, high blood pressure, gastro-oesophageal reflux and peripheral vascular disease. Women also have a poorer perception of their quality of life, more pain and less mobility. Specialists point out the importance of taking these differential factors in women into account when deciding on the best therapeutic approach to osteoarthritis. […]

3 Apr

OAFI visits INFARMA, the European meeting point of the Pharmaceutical Industry

Last March, the Osteoarthritis Foundation International (OAFI) was invited by the Pharmacists Association of Barcelona to Infarma, the European meeting point of the Pharmaceutical Industry. During the event, Dr. Josep Vergés, President of OAFI, gave a lecture on joint health and took the opportunity to present OAFI Foundation to the attendants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TouEqVYfVr4

OAFI is the International Osteoarthritis Foundation, the first and only foundation aimed exclusively at people with osteoarthritis worldwide.

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