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October 21st marked a significant milestone for public health in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with the proposal of Bill No. 2,787/2024 at the State Legislative Assembly. This bill ...

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The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), under the auspices of the Capture the Fracture^® (CTF) initiative and in collaboration with renowned Brazilian bone health experts, has released ...

The World Health Organization has published a Fragility Fractures fact sheet which includes impactful statistics that show the immense burden of fractures (broken bones) worldwide. 

Fractures are a global public ...

The number of osteoporosis-related hip fractures is on the rise due to the ageing of populations worldwide. These fractures have devastating consequences for patients and their families and pose an ...

National healthcare landscapes vary worldwide, but most share one common failing: osteoporosis and fracture prevention are under-prioritized within the healthcare system. 

Osteoporosis is a progressive, chronic disease that causes bones ...

A new report ‘Solutions for Fracture Prevention in Saudi Arabia’ has been authored by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Capture the Fracture^® programme in collaboration with leading ...

Congratulations to the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) on the launch of the revamped and revised APCO Bone Health QI Tool Kit! The Bone Health QI Toolkit enables clinicians ...

An estimated 255,000 fragility fractures occur annually in Türkiye, the equivalent of approximately 29 broken bones per hour. The cause is osteoporosis, a disease in which the skeleton becomes weak ...

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In Argentina, following the success of the July 19th "Strengthen Your Bones" workshop, aimed at beneficiaries of the Instituto Autárquico de la Obra Social Provincial ...

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) are collaborating to develop the 2023 Asia-Pacific Bone Health Regional Audit. The MOU of the collaboration ...

Of all osteoporosis-related fractures, hip fractures cause the most morbidity with reported mortality rates up to 20-24% in the first year after a hip fracture. Loss of function and independence ...

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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 ...