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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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, 205 KB)
Members of the European Parliament Osteoporosis Interest Group
(as of January 2008)
Co-Chairs: Angelika Niebler MEP, Germany and Mary Honeyball MEP, UK
Left: Angelika Niebler, right: Mary Honeyball
Vice-Chairs: Dorette Corbey, MEP the Netherlands, Péter Olajos, MEP Hungary
| Adamos Adamou MEP, Cyprus Georgs Andrejevs MEP, Latvia Pilar Ayuso Gonzalez MEP, Spain Edit Bauer MEP, Slovenia John Bowis MEP, UK Frederika Brepoels MEP, Belgium Milan Cabrnoch MEP, Czech Republic David Casa MEP, Malta Charlotte Cederschiöld MEP, Sweden Dorette Corbey MEP, The Netherlands Gabriela Cretu MEP, Romania Proinsias De Rossa MEP, Ireland Jolanda Dickute MEP, Lithuania Den Dover MEP, UK Mojca Drcar Murko MEP, Slovenia Ilda Figueiredo MEP, Portugal Genowefa Grabbowska MEP, Poland Françoise Grossetête MEP, France Mary Honeyball MEP, UK Richard Howitt MEP, UK Filiz Hyusmenova MEP, Bulgaria Caroline Jackson MEP, UK |
Karin Jöns MEP, Germany Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou MEP, Greece Lasse Lehtinen MEP, Finland Astrid Lulling MEP, Luxembourg Marusya Lyubcheva MEP, Bulgaria Elizabeth Lynne MEP, UK Mario Mantovani MEP, Italy Arlene McCarthy MEP, UK Mariann Mikko MEP, Estonia Angelika Niebler MEP, Germany Péter Olajos MEP, Hungary Siiri Oviir MEP, Estonia Borut Pahor MEP, Slovenia Frédérique Ries MEP, Belgium Toomas Savi MEP, Estonia Karin Scheele MEP, Austria Gitte Seeberg MEP, Denmark Catherine Stihler MEP, UK Britta Thomsen MEP, Denmark Diana Wallis MEP, UK Anna Záborská MEP, Slovakia |
