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

OSTEOARTHRITIS IN FIGURES

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MILLION AFFECTED

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

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OF THE ASYMPTOMATIC POPULATION

It is the most prevalent joint pathology.

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CAUSE OF PERMANENT DISABILITY

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

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OF PERMANENT INVALIDITY

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

Dr. Josep Vergés
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