Category OAFI News

23 May

New President of the Spanish Rheumatology Society

New President Dr. Marcos Paulino Huertas, Chief of the Rheumatology Service of the Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, is the new president of Spanish Rheumatology Society (SER in spanish), and will hold this position from May 2024 to May 2026. The new president of the SER has set as his priority objectives “to integrate […]

10 May

Do you have Osteoarthritis? Take part in our survey now!

“Health Literacy and Quality of Life of Osteoarthritis Patients”: Help us continue our research and answer some very simple questions. If you want to know more about the survey, we leave you the link to OAFI Radio (Spanish) where you can see all the information. Call OAFI Foundation now or enter the QR and help […]

15 Apr

Health dimension of osteoarthritis

CHALLENGES AND MEASURES TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF CARE In this new meeting, we will analyze the health situation in relation to the progressive increase of patients with osteoarthritis in Spain and its consequences, especially with regard to primary care, and we will propose measures that will enable an effective and sustainable present and future solution, […]

20 Mar

12 proposals to reduce the impact of obesity

With the aim of developing strategies to reduce the impact of obesity in our country, the report ‘Health and social situation of people with obesity in Spain’, drawn up by the Alliance for Obesity, made up of thirteen patient organizations and scientific societies, was presented at the Congress of Deputies. In the format of two […]

12 Mar

Fractures due to fragility: new agreement

SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES AND PATIENT ASSOCIATIONS SIGN AN AGREEMENT TO POSITION FOR BETTER MANAGEMENT OF FRAGILITY FRACTURES More than 280,000 fractures of this type are suffered annually, mainly affecting older women, with a direct health expenditure of 1.8 billion euros, according to data from the International Osteoporosis Foundation. Approximately 1 in 6 patients over the age […]

22 Feb

Perimenopause and Osteoarthritis

Most osteoarticular pathologies are closely related to age and women, among other factors. For this reason, at OAFI we have established a new collaboration framework agreement with MENOGENERATION, a dissemination platform that aims to give a voice to all women, providing them with information, products and resources to overcome collateral problems during the perimenopause stage […]

21 Feb

Healthy cooking for Osteoporosis patients

You can now download and try the Alicia Foundation’s healthy cooking guide for Osteoporosis patients. This week we provide you with a very practical cooking guide, where you will find recipes recommended for people suffering from bone disease, especially those suffering from osteoporosis. The recipe book has been kindly provided to us by Alicia, a […]

9 Feb

We are ready at the starting line of #ARTICULANDO24

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30 Jan

What is Osteoporosis? The Patient’s Guide

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26 Jan

OAFI at International Knee Pathology Workshop

On 25, 26 and 27 January, the XXIII INTERNATIONAL Theoretical-Practical COURSE on knee pathology will be held in Madrid, organised by the Clínica CEMTRO and FIFA Medical Centre Of Excellence. Dr. Vergés, President & CEO of OAFI and AECOSAR, participated yesterday, the 25th, as chairman of the third round table of the day – “KNEES: […]

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