Researchers from Police General Hospital’s (PGH) Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) in Bangkok, Thailand, collaborated recently to consolidate and analyse data on the outcomes and mortality rates of patients with osteoporotic hip fractures at their centre during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic compared to the period before the outbreak. The review was published in the …
The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) and the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) are collaborating to develop the 2023 Asia-Pacific Bone Health Regional Audit. The MOU of the collaboration was signed on June 27, 2023 by APCO chairperson – Prof Manju Chandran, and IOF CEO – Dr Philippe Halbout, at the IOF headquarters in Nyon, …
Currently, there are more than 771 rare bone diseases (RBDs) known to mankind, yet most remain poorly understood and difficult to treat. Lack of awareness about, and inadequate experience even amongst physicians in managing RBDs have resulted in delayed care and misdiagnosis for persons suffering from these devastating disorders. To recognize and tackle the most …
The First Clinical Practice Guidelines for Enhancing Post Menopausal Osteoporosis Care in Pakistan: Adapting the APCO Framework and AACE Recommendations A global health concern, Osteoporosis, especially in developing nations like Pakistan where limited resources, misconceptions, and a lack of country-specific guidelines have hindered the effective management (1), demands urgent attention. A big step forward …
Osteoporosis Experts from several countries in the Asia Pacific (AP) region collaborated recently to conduct a systematic review that consolidated and analysed data on osteoporosis and fracture rates in 7 upper-middle- and high-income economies within the region. The review which was published in the June 2023 issue of the prestigious journal, Osteoporosis International– a joint initiative …
APCO Executive member, Professor Tuan V. Nguyen, and his research team are excited to announce the launch of ‘BONEcheck‘, an innovative digital tool designed for personalized bone health assessment. BONEcheck is a set of algorithms designed for predicting the risk of fracture, estimating the age of the skeleton (ie ‘skeletal age’), and determining the time …
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APCO was proud to play a vital role in the hugely successful WCO-IOF-ESCEO Barcelona 2023 that closed on May 7th with more than 7611 registrants. The World Congress on Osteoporosis (WCO) -the largest Musculoskeletal congress in the world was held this year in a predominantly F2F format in the beautiful city of Barcelona. APCO was …
On 10 March 2023, APCO Chairperson, Professor Manju Chandran, was invited to speak at the prestigious 7th International Diabetes Summit organised by the Chellaram Diabetes Institute, Pune, India. Prof Chandran was invited to speak about the association between Diabetes and skeletal fragility. It is a very well-known statistic that by the year 2050, half of …
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The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) is proud to announce that APCO Chairperson, Professor Manju Chandran, and Scientific Advisory Member, Dato Dr Joon-Kiong Lee have been conferred two of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD)’s most prestigious awards – the 2023 ISCD Clinician of the Year award and the Dr. John P. Bilezikian ISCD Global Leadership Award, …
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APCO Scientific Summit in Singapore Stemming the bone health crisis in the world’s most populous & fastest ageing region Leading bone experts from the Asia Pacific convened in Singapore on Saturday, (December 10, 2022) for the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) Scientific Summit, to further their vision of reducing the burden of …
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