Category Osteoporosis

13 Jun

OAFI receives the La Razón Salud Special Award

“The newspaper LA RAZÓN celebrated yesterday the XIII Edition of the A TU SALUD Awards, the annual event in which this Sunday supplement, which has already published its 1,000th issue, recognizes innovation, research efforts and the work of professionals in our country in the different areas covered in its pages. The ceremony was presided over […]

5 Jun

The enormous value of Corporate Social Responsibility

An increasingly aware society A society that is increasingly aware of the need to respect the environment and social well-being requires companies to develop in a sustainable and responsible manner. Companies that effectively assume these commitments and integrate these values into their strategy, practice Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The United Nations (UN) is the organization […]

30 May

SOCFIC, the OAFI Foundation and AECOSAR sign a collaboration agreement to unite community pharmacy and patients in the prevention and treatment of joint health

The agreement with SOCFIC includes actions such as the development of studies, the implementation of prevention and social awareness campaigns and the creation of social programs to help patients with osteoarticular pathologies from Latin American community pharmacies. Barcelona, May 29th, 2024. The Iberoamerican Professional Scientific Society of Community Pharmacy (SOCFIC), Osteoarthritis Foundation International (OAFI) and […]

24 May

Socio-health care model

Socio-health care model Recently, in the professional world of community pharmacy, in the centers and patient associations, there has been quite a stir in the Community of Madrid. Due to the fact that the General Directorate of Social and Health Coordination of the CAM’s Health Department has reportedly stated its interpretation of what is contained […]

24 May

OAFI at the III Jornadas del Bienestar de Palasiet

Palasiet Thalasso-Clínica & Hotel has programmed for the coming weeks of May and June its III Jornadas del Bienestar Palasiet, The aim is to disseminate different aspects related to the concept of healthy living and integrative medicine, which is the basis of the company’s health offer Thalasso-Clínic in Benicàssim. Top-level presentations at the Wellness Conference […]

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 […]

31 Jan

Impact of fragility fractures in Spanish women with postmenopausal osteoporosis

“In 2017, 327,600 fragility fractures occurred in Spain, 260,000 of them in women. Fragility fractures are those caused by a low impact, such as a fall from a height corresponding to standing upright, and are the main consequence of osteoporosis, a disease that affects 22.5% of Spanish women over 50 years of age, a percentage […]

30 Jan

What is Osteoporosis? The Patient’s Guide

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12 Jan

OAFI on the FORBES list 2024

The Director of the Research Area of the OAFI Foundation, Ms. Nina Martínez, has been included in the list of the prestigious FORBES magazine, within the framework of the “ChangeMakers” campaign, the people who will make a difference in our society in 2024. CONGRATULATIONS! At the OAFI Foundation we are starting 2024 with a bang […]

10 Nov

Total success in 7th OAFI CONGRESS

Barcelona, 10th November 2023 On 25, 26 and 27 October, the International Osteoarthritis Patients’ Foundation (OAFI) organised the 7th edition of the International Osteoarthritis Patients’ Congress at the AXA Auditorium (Barcelona). This new edition, focused on prevention, treatment and awareness of an increasingly prevalent disease, offered solutions to the challenges it presents to our society. […]

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

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