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Looking back on a year that changed the world, yet had many silver linings

Reflections on APCO’s highlights and achievements for 2021   Throughout 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic continued to weigh heavily on healthcare systems worldwide, creating a gamut...
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Feeling old in your bones? Your skeletal age may be the reason

In a previous blog, we discussed the implication of communicating mortality risk to patients with a fracture. In this article, we put forward the  new...
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APCO ‘taking action for bone health’ on World Osteoporosis Day 2021

Last Wednesday, October 20, 2021, members of the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) celebrated World Osteoporosis Day. This annual global campaign coordinated by the...
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Launch of world-first expert resource to foster best practice osteoporosis care in the Asia Pacific

Expert collaboration key to reducing burden of disease   More than 50 per cent of the world’s hip fractures are expected to occur in the...
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Disrupting the status quo in osteoporosis management in the Asia Pacific

The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) and The APCO Framework   The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) has today (Monday, September 6, 2021) ...
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Stitching the seams in osteoporosis care in the Asia Pacific – one country and guideline at a time

How the APCO Framework can help   On January 28, 2021, the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO)- a non-partisan and apolitical organisation that is...
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IQ Driving QI – The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis Pan Asia Oceania Framework of Standards of Care. A 3D animation

The Asia Pacific region is on the brink of a huge demographic shift. The number of people aged over 60 in the region is expected...
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APCO EXCO members clinch prestigious IOF awards

The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) is proud to announce that its EXCO members, APCO Chairperson, Dr Manju Chandran, and International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)...
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Launch of world-first Hip Fracture Registry Toolbox

World-first Hip Fracture Registry Toolbox striving to improve care for the 1 million+ who fracture a hip in Asia Pacific each year   An innovative...
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Building up your bone bank!

The importance of peak bone mass in prevention of osteoporosis   We are living much longer than what we did half a century ago. The...
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