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“Disparate health systems, Disproportionate Prevalence”. Findings from a Systematic Review of the prevalence of osteoporosis and incidence of related fractures in developed economies in the Asia Pacific region.

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 …

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Introducing BONEcheck for personalized bone health assessment

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 making waves at the World’s Leading Clinical Conference On Bone, Joint and Muscle Health – the WCO-IOF-ESCEO 2023, Barcelona, Spain

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 …

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Sweet Bones or Bitter Bones: Diabetes and Skeletal Fragility – Exploring the Link

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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APCO members clinch International Society of Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) top awards!

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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“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”

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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Expert gathering to stem bone health crisis in the world’s most populous & fastest ageing region

EMBARGOED: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2022   APCO Scientific Summit in Singapore   Leading bone experts from the Asia Pacific will convene in Singapore tomorrow – December 10, 2022 – for the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) Scientific Summit, to further their vision of reducing the burden of osteoporosis and fragility fractures for 2023 and …

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APCO members proudly ‘Stepping up for bone health’ on World Osteoporosis Day 2022

Last Thursday, October 20, 2022, members of the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) celebrated World Osteoporosis Day (WOD). This annual, global campaign, coordinated by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), aims to raise much needed awareness for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and fragility fractures. The theme of this year’s WOD was ‘Step Up …

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APCO HCP Education Modules now available in 5 languages, enabling delivery of best practice osteoporosis care throughout the Asia Pacific

In order to stem the tide of fragility fractures in the world’s fastest ageing, and linguistically diverse region, and to promote best practice osteoporosis care, the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) today announced the release of its novel, interactive, educational osteoporosis resource – the APCO Health Care Professional (HCP) Peer to Peer Educational Modules …

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Launch of the APCO Bone Health QI Tool Kit & stemming the current osteoporosis crisis in the Asia Pacific – Channel News Asia interview with APCO Chair

APCO Chairperson and Director of the Osteoporosis and Bone Metabolism Unit, Singapore General Hospital, Dr Manju Chandran, Singapore, was recently welcomed back as a special guest on Channel News Asia’s ‘Health Matters’ radio program by host, Daniel Martin, on May 31, 2022. During her interview, Dr Chandran reflected on the May 24, 2022 launch of …

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