In recent years, a number of health forums and online patient communities have emerged. Within these platforms, patients exchange information about their experiences with chronic illness. These communities provide a space where patients can discuss and share their experiences on issues of concern to them....
OAFI Foundation and the Spanish Association with Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (AECOSAR) have signed a collaboration agreement with the #SaludSinBulos Institute to work together against hoaxes on social networks and the Internet, within the framework of the #PacienteSinBulos (#PatientWithoutHoaxes) program.This agreement was born with the aim...
The Osteoarthritis Foundation International (OAFI), the Spanish Osteoporosis Association (AECOSAR) and the Banco Farmacéutico, together with the Observatorio de la Pobreza Farmacéutica, signed an agreement last January establishing a joint working framework to curb pharmaceutical poverty in patients with osteoarthritis and/or osteoporosis.OAFI is the world's...
Last January, the OAFI Foundation and Nestlé Health Science signed a collaboration agreement whose main objective is to include the perspective of patients with joint health problems in the development of mobility products, as well as in the implementation of annual actions aimed at improving...
The CAVIPA study (Quality of Life of Patients with Osteoarthritis) is the first national survey to assess the perception of the quality of life of patients with osteoarthritis to be carried out in Spain. Despite being one of the most widespread and disabling chronic diseases...
On November 19th and 20th, the I SER Course on Osteoarthritis was held, a training activity of the Spanish Society of Rheumatology (SER), aimed at rheumatologists and coordinated by Dr. Francisco Castro and Dr. Cristóbal Orellana (SER Arthrosis Group).The course was taught by leading specialists...
Dr. Vergés, CEO & Founder of OAFI, appeared last Tuesday 28th September before the Health and Consumer Commission of the Spanish Senate.Dr. Josep Vergés, on behalf of OAFI and AECOSAR, presented to the senators the work that these two associations carry out on a daily...
We present the updated Preliminary Agenda of the 5th International Congress for Osteoarthritis Patients, to be held on 14 and 15 October at the AXA Auditorium (L'illa Diagonal, Barcelona).In the agenda, you will find the schedule of the congress and all its conferences: two days...
It is well known that nutrition is one of the pillars of health, but, although nowadays there is a lot of information about how to eat, overweight, a fondness for junk food, excesses and diseases caused by poor diet are present in many people's lives....
The 5th Osteoarthritis Patients' World Congress, organised by OAFI, will take place on 14-15 October 2021 at the AXA Auditorium, L'Illa Diagonal, Barcelona.Following last year's edition, which was held entirely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this will be the first year that the Congress...
