European Parliament Osteoporosis Interest Group
The European Parliament Osteoporosis Interest Group (see list of members below) calls for the following specific actions to be taken. In order to prevent the unnecessary suffering and costs caused by osteoporotic fractures national health authorities and health insurance agencies must:
- Improve the availability of bone densitometry resources and pay for bone density scans for people at risk of osteoporosis prior to the first fracture.
- Pay for proven therapies for people at risk of osteoporosis prior to the first fracture
- Financially support and participate in educational awareness campaigns in partnership with the IOF, IOF member societies and other concerned groups and professionals.
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| European Parliament Osteoporosis Interest Group Chairs, From left: Mary Honeyball MEP, UK; Anja Weisgerber MEP, Germany |
To help member states to develop best practices and to evaluate the results of their actions the European Commission must work in partnership with the IOF to:
- Bring national and European policy makers together with osteoporosis experts and concerned groups to produce practical, cost effective strategies to prevent osteoporotic fractures. These strategies must include measurable, realistic, time-based targets for reducing osteoporotic fractures.
- Create a co-ordinated data collection system to monitor osteoporotic fractures
Download the invitation leaflet to MEPs (PDF, 925.2 KB)
Members of the European Parliament Osteoporosis Interest Group
(as of October 2009)
Co-Chairs: Mary Honeyball MEP, UK and Anja Weisgerber MEP, Germany
| Pilar Ayuso Gonzalez MEP, Spain Edit Bauer MEP, Slovakia Frederika Brepoels MEP, Belgium Milan Cabrnoch MEP, Czech Republic David Casa MEP, Malta Gabriela Cretu MEP, Romania Proinsias De Rossa MEP, Ireland Ilda Figueiredo MEP, Portugal Nathalie Griesbeck MEP, France Françoise Grossetête MEP, France Mary Honeyball MEP, UK Richard Howitt MEP, UK Filiz Hyusmenova MEP, Bulgaria Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou MEP, Greece |
Astrid Lulling MEP, Luxembourg Elizabeth Lynne MEP, UK Arlene McCarthy MEP, UK Claude Moraes MEP, UK Angelika Niebler MEP, Germany Siiri Oviir MEP, Estonia Sirpa Pietikainen MEP, Finland Frédérique Ries MEP, Belgium Catherine Stihler MEP, UK Britta Thomsen MEP, Denmark Derek Vaughan MEP, UK Diana Wallis MEP, UK Anja Weisgerber MEP, Germany Anna Záborská MEP, Slovakia |
