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In an effort to stem this health crisis, the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) will launch a Bone Health QI Tool Kit for healthcare professionals on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, to promote quality improvement of osteoporosis care.
This world-first tool kit, encompassing multiple components in the screening, diagnosis, and management of osteoporosis, will help to promote multi-sector healthcare professional engagement and cooperation, to address this looming healthcare catastrophe.
- Osteoporosis - the most common disease - is characterised by porous and brittle bones, whose density and quality are poor, resulting in structural skeletal deterioration.(1)
- The disease is greatly under-diagnosed, and under-treated in Asia, even among those at highest risk who have already fractured.(3)
- The Asia Pacific is home to 4.5 billion people and vastly different healthcare systems.(4)
- Over the next two decades, a staggering 319 million people aged 50+ from the Asia Pacific are projected to be at high risk of osteoporotic fracture.(5)
- Moreover, the number of hip fractures are projected to more than double in Asia, from 1.13 million in 2018, to 2.54 million in 2050.(5)
References:
(1) International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF). Capture the fracture. [Oct, 2021]; Available from: https://www.capturethefracture.org/about.
(2) Chandran M, et al., Development of the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) Framework: clinical standards of care for the screening, diagnosis, and management of osteoporosis in the Asia-Pacific region. Osteoporos Int., 2021. 32(7): p. 1249-1275.
(3) International Osteoporosis Foundation. Key statistics for Asia. [cited October 2022]; Available from: https://www.osteoporosis.foundation/facts-statistics/key-statistic-for-asia.
(4) Oden, A., et al., Burden of high fracture probability worldwide: secular increases 2010-2040. Osteoporos Int, 2015.26(9): p. 2243-8.
(5) Cheung, C.-L., et al., An updated hip fracture projection in Asia: The Asian Federation of Osteoporosis Societies study. Osteoporosis and sarcopenia, 2018. 4(1): p. 16-21.
For more information contact:
Kirsten Bruce
kirstenbruce@vivacommunications.com.au
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