New collaboration targets better bone health and ageing
Summary: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO) today signed an agreement to develop a strategic roadmap on bone health and ageing and advocate for a public health strategy to prevent fractures among older people.
Key points
- The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO) today signed an agreement to develop a strategic roadmap on bone health and ageing and advocate for a public health strategy to prevent fractures among older people.
- The five-year agreement was signed at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland by Dr Anshu Banerjee, WHO Assistant Director-General ad interim, Universal Health Coverage/Life Course and Dr Jean-Yves Reginster, President of ESCEO.“This agreement is an important step to improving the health and well-being of older people by putting in place the right public health strategy, policies and services to protect and prevent fractures in older people so they can continue to do the activities they enjoy,” said Dr Anshu Banerjee.
- “We look forward to working closely with ESCEO to advance progress in bone health and ageing.”The agreement includes the development of a public health strategy and action plan to prevent fractures among older people as well as to improve the coverage of health services for fractures which are critical for achieving the triple billion targets of WHO’s Thirteen General Programme of Work (GPW13).
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO) today signed an agreement to develop a strategic roadmap on bone health and ageing and advocate for a public health strategy to prevent fractures among older people. The five-year agreement was signed at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland by Dr Anshu Banerjee, WHO Assistant Director-General ad interim, Universal Health Coverage/Life Course and Dr Jean-Yves Reginster, President of ESCEO.“This agreement is an important step to improving the health and well-being of older people by putting in place the right public health strategy, policies and services to protect and prevent fractures in older people so they can continue to do the activities they enjoy,” said Dr Anshu Banerjee. “We look forward to working closely with ESCEO to advance progress in bone health and ageing.”The agreement includes the development of a public health strategy and action plan to prevent fractures among older people as well as to improve the coverage of health services for fractures which are critical for achieving the triple billion targets of WHO’s Thirteen General Programme of Work (GPW13). As part of the agreement, WHO and ESCEO will collaborate to:develop global estimates on fracture and osteoporosis;review evidence-based interventions to prevent fractures;create an economic model for an investment case in fracture prevention and care;provide guidance to countries on strengthening national health information systems by integrating osteoporosis and fractures in routine data monitoring; andprovide guidance to countries on using data to design evidence-informed policies and programmes to reduce the risk of fractures in older people.“ESCEO is fully convinced that this partnership with WHO will improve the prevention and management of osteoporosis at local, regional and national levels and will result in a greater qualit...
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