Official announcements
of the OAFI Foundation

Positioning of OAFI in the Prior Consultation of the Draft Law on Guarantees and Rational Use of Medicines

The Ministry of Health has opened a period of public consultation on changes to be introduced through the Law on Guarantees and Rational Use of Medicines. In this context, OAFI has positioned itself with the following approaches and proposals:

Stopped the process of definancing of the Sysadoa

4th Manifesto against the defunding of the SYSADOA in the treatment of osteoarthritis

4 November

OAFI Congress24 : Más de 300 pacientes y sanitarios se dan cita en Barcelona en defensa de la salud osteoarticular

Barcelona, 4 de noviembre de 2024 La Fundación Internacional de Pacientes con Artrosis (OAFI) celebró los días 23, 24 y 25 de octubre la 8ª edición del Congreso Internacional de Pacientes con Artrosis, el OAFI Congress24, dedicado a la salud articular, con el objetivo de informar, concienciar y formar sobre las mejores prácticas para la […]

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OSTEOARTHRITIS IN FIGURES

MILLION AFFECTED
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500 million people suffer from symptomatic osteoarthritis, 7 million of them in Spain.

OF THE ASYMPTOMATIC POPULATION
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It is the most prevalent joint pathology.

CAUSE OF PERMANENT DISABILITY
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Rheumatic diseases are the first cause of permanent disability and the third cause of temporary incapacity for work.

OF PERMANENT INVALIDITY
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50% of permanent disability cases caused by rheumatic diseases are those of patients with osteoarthritis.

Dr. Josep Vergés
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