AFI in its endeavour to take Osteoporosis and Arthritis to common people is creating various communication programmes and we are hopeful that people will take full advantage of these programmes and ultimately attain our goal of total Bone Health. Our slogan is Bone Health – a Right, Realize it.
A group of Doctor’s and Socially oriented people were working in the field of arthritis and osteoporosis, later on, a formal – NGO in form of Arthritis Foundation of India Trust (Regd.) came into existence. Its Chairman Dr. Sushil Sharma along with Trustees and advisors pledged to work for this otherwise largely ignored issue.
The world is facing an osteoporosis epidemic. Every 30 seconds, someone in the European Community has a fracture as a result of osteoporosis. The number of hip fractures (actually a fracture of the neck of the femur in the thigh) is expected to .
Arthritis literally means joint inflammation. But the term is often used to refer to any of the more than 100 diseases that affect the joints – where two or more bones meet to allow movements.
Arthroscopy is a surgical procedure by which the internal structure of a joint is examined for diagnosis and/or treatment using a tube-like viewing instrument called an arthroscope also called pinhole surgery
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Proud to receive ‘Linda Edwards Memorial Award’ at World Wide Conference of Osteoporosis organization in Beijing.