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World Osteoporosis Day

Help us promote the important message of bone health on World Osteoporosis Day

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Register for the OsteoLink Launch Webcast



The International Osteoporosis Foundation in partnership with the Division of Bone Diseases at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva is delighted to invite you to participate in the webcast for the global launch of OsteoLink – the world’s first social network for people with osteoporosis, their friends, families, and healthcare professionals in Europe and Australia. 

OsteoLink - Better Conversations for Better Bones:

The World’s First Global Osteoporosis Social Network

18th March 2011

Time: 17.20 – 18.50 CET

REGISTER HERE

Participate in the webcast

Take part in a live Q&A discussion where experts in osteoporosis, patient groups, journalists and people with osteoporosis will:

  • Discuss innovations in healthcare social networking and learn how better conversations in osteoporosis might lead to better management of this silent epidemic affecting one-third of post-menopausal women in Europe
  • Review the OsteoLink pilot programmes currently running in Austria and Sweden
  • Assess findings from a survey of thirteen countries about gaps in communications between people with osteoporosis and their healthcare providers

Submit questions through the webcast or via Twitter at #osteolink

For further information, please contact:
Tinni.guha-roy@hillandknowlton.com
+44 7815 051 403

About OsteoLink

OsteoLink is the first online and in-person social network for people with osteoporosis, their friends, families, and healthcare professionals in Europe and Australia. An initiative of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the Division of Bone Diseases at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, OsteoLink operates globally and at the country level, working with our network of IOF member National Societies.

OsteoLink is funded by grants from the EU and the Swiss Confederation through the Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Joint Programme on research, Amgen (Europe) GmbH in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), and other partners.

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