OAFI Radio's programme "Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and adequate exercise" has been awarded first prize in the Grünenthal Foundation's Journalism Awards, dedicated to chronic pain, in the audiovisual media category. On 12 December, the OAFI Foundation won first prize in the 13th Grünenthal Foundation Journalism Awards...
On Wednesday, 16 November, OAFI was granted an audience with His Holiness Pope Francis, where we were able to bring the reality of osteoarthritis to this institution. Dr. Josep Vergés, President of OAFI, and Maria Teresa Vergés, Director of the OAFI Patients' Area, together with Dr....
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,...
AECOSAR participated this past Sunday, May 22, in the II Solidarity Race for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases, organized by the Society of Rheumatology of the Community of Madrid (SORCOM). They were also awarded for the support of the ARTRO 360 project, an initiative of OAFI...
The agreement, signed during the month of November, aims to further research into these bone diseases, adding the patient's perspective.The main objective of the collaboration, a pioneer in the sector, is to promote the prevention, treatment and improvement of the quality of life of patients,...
On June 29, the Asociación Nacional de Informadores de la Salud (ANIS), together with Agencia Raíz, organized the debate "Vitamin D: controversies and evidence 2021", in which the impact of vitamin D on the population and on patients with osteoporosis was discussed. With invited experts in...
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...
OAFI, International Foundation of Patients with Arthrosis, has participated in the 6th Patients' Day of the General Alliance of Patients (AGP) at the round table "Giving voice to pathologies. Current situation, care demands and unmet needs" which was held today in Madrid. Dr. Josep Vergés,...
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...
Dr. Josep Vergés, CEO and President of OAFI International Foundation, has given two sessions at the Teófilo Hernández Institute (Autonomous University of Madrid) as a professor on the importance of the patient in clinical trials, within the Master in Monitoring and Coordination of Clinical Trials,...