Category Congresses

9 Feb

We are ready at the starting line of #ARTICULANDO24

#ARTICULANDO24

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. […]

25 Aug

OAFI presents the 6th Osteoarthritis Patients World Congress

The #OAFICongress2022, organised by the Osteoarthritis Foundation International (OAFI), which will take place on the 26th, 27th and 28th of October 2022 at the AXA Auditorium, L’illa Diagonal (Barcelona), is back with a new slogan: Move against osteoarthritis! After the last edition held in hybrid format, the 6th Osteoarthritis Patients World Congress is back with […]

30 Sep

The IV Edition of The OAFI Osteoarthritis Patients World Congress is Coming Soon

During the days 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th of November, the Osteoarthritis Foundation International will organize the IV International Congress of OA Patients. In this exceptional year, the congress is adapted to the security and prevention measures against the Covid-19 pandemic and will be held in a virtual format. The presentations, debates, and round […]

8 Apr

OAFI presents results of three scientific studies at the World Congress of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases

OAFI International Foundation has participated in the World Congress of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (WCO-IOF-ESCEO) which held its nineteenth edition from 4 to 7 April in Paris. The WCO-IOF-ESCEO is one of the largest and most prestigious international scientific meetings in the field of osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, fragility and sarcopenia. OAFI Foundation presented at this […]

22 Jan

The Liubljana statement calls for political commitment to reduce health inequalities

The OAFI Foundation, together with more than 30 European institutions, signed the Ljubljana Statement on political commitment to reduce health inequalities. The document set up by the Public Health Association of the European Union and the National Institute of Public Health of Slovenia, and presented in Ljubljana at the European Public Health Conference, reiterates the […]

27 Dec

The patient is no longer alone!

OAFI is the Osteoarthritis Foundation International, the first and only Foundation exclusively devoted to people with osteoarthritis worldwide. The Foundation was created in Barcelona in October 2016 with the aim of leading the fight against osteoarthritis by promoting education, prevention, treatment and research into everything related to joint health and offering solutions to people suffering […]

20 Dec

OAFI HOSTS THE III INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR OA PATIENTS – OAFICONGRESS19

300 million people suffer from osteoarthritis all over the world, a figure that has doubled in the past 30 years and affects increasingly younger population. Obesity, ageing, and sports as running or football are among the main causes of this increase. In Spain, the osteoarthritis creates an annual expense of 5,831 billion euros. Management and […]

18 Dec

ARTRO 360: NEW MANAGEMENT MODEL TO ADVANCE IN THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS BY OPTIMIZING RESOURCES

OAFI, together with the Medical and Scientific Societies, proposes to the health authorities a NEW CARE MODEL IN THE MANAGEMENT of the disease that puts the PATIENT in the center: ARTRO 360. Patients, represented by OAFI, lead this new model that brings together all those involved in the disease, to demand at all levels to […]

12 Dec

The OAFI Foundation participates in the Horizon2020 European project “PREVENTOMICS”: an R + D + i project on personalized nutrition

The European project PREVENTOMICS will develop a system for sending personalised dietary and lifestyle advice for the prevention of non-communicable diseases through nutrition. PREVENTOMICS development will provide personalised nutition tools accessible to everyone, aimed at improving health and preventing the onset of diseases. The OAFI Foundation has been choosen to be responsible for the dissemination […]

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

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