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FRAGILITY FRACTURES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -the knowns and the unknowns'
Date: December 15, 2020 Speakers: Dr N Njeze, Prof K Ward and Dr C Gregson
Key learning objectives:
- To understand the demographic shift in population ageing in low and middle income countries, how this relates the WHO Decade of Healthy Ageing, and the potential implications for musculoskeletal health and research in the region.
- To review the current and emerging studies on fractures and musculoskeletal health from countries in Sub-Saharan Africa at differing stages of the epidemiological transition.
- To describe risk factors for fractures and poor bone health in SSA and why these may differ across populations