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Hip fracture multi-modal care breaking new ground in Japan
Japan is a super-ageing society. While its population boasts the world’s second-longest life expectancy, it does however, have a growing number of older people living...
Snapshot of the global landscape of PFC programs
Fragility fractures are associated with high rates of disability, loss of independence, reduced quality of life for both patients and their carers, not to mention...
Looking down the 10-year pipeline for bone fractures
Patients living with osteoporosis are projected to increase in magnitude in the next decade. This means a crisis of bone fractures along with the forecasted...
New review of the global approach to rehabilitation following an osteoporotic fragility fracture
Almost 40 per cent of individuals who experience a hip fracture are unable to walk, or will be institutionalised within a year post-fracture. Furthermore, 60...
Anti-osteoporotic treatments and mortality after hip fractures: A spotlight on Taiwan
Taiwan’s society is ageing rapidly. By 2026, it is projected that Taiwan will become a super aged society – when the proportion of a society’s...
Facilitating optimal fragility fracture management across the Asia Pacific throughout 2021
Despite continuing to navigate the highly complex COVID-19 pandemic landscape this year, we have nonetheless, made significant headway at APFFA, in fulfilling our mission –...
Report reveals disparity in hip fracture care in Australia and New Zealand
On September 13, 2021, The Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR) published the ANZHFR 2021 Annual Report. Representing patient level data from more...
Bone fractures – a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study, 2019
Despite monumental measures aimed at prioritising osteoporosis and fracture prevention on the global health agenda, through the extensive efforts of global organisations such as the...
