Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO)

The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) comprises key medical opinion leaders from 19 countries and regions in the world’s most populated and fastest ageing region, charged with developing tangible solutions to the substantive challenges involving osteoporosis management and fracture prevention.

Representing the multiple specialities in the medical and surgical field, the Consortium aims to create a pan-Asia Pacific “Framework” for the implementation of minimum clinical standards for the screening, diagnosis and management of osteoporosis targeting a broad range of high-risk groups.

APCO’s mission is to engage with relevant stakeholders, including healthcare providers, policy makers and the public, to help develop and implement country and region-specific programs for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, and its complication of fragility fractures, in Asia Pacific.

APCO’s vision of moving towards reducing the burden of osteoporosis and fragility fractures in the Asia Pacific region will be achieved by:
o Securing stakeholder acceptance of osteoporosis as a key public health priority;
o Creating solutions to minimise the burden of osteoporosis and reduce fragility fractures; and
o Enabling healthier ageing through fewer fractures.

The APCO Framework will propose clear and concise standards of care involving the screening, diagnosis and management of osteoporosis. These standards will be incorporated into new, or updated national guidelines, and provide a benchmark for the provision of quality care across Asia Pacific.

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