European Policy Reports

IOF European Union policy initiatives and publications

One of IOF’s primary missions is to drive policy change worldwide. In Europe, IOF strives to make osteoporosis and fracture prevention a health care priority in all EU member states. Its first initiative to catalyse policy initiatives in the European Union (EU) is represented by the landmark ‘Report on Osteoporosis in the European Community: Action for Prevention’ published by the European Commission in 1998. This was the first report to describe, and offer solutions to, the impending fragility fracture crisis in Europe.

Since 1998, IOF has published several influential policy reports (listed below), and (from 1998 to 2015) organized regular meetings at the EU parliament in Brussels with the former European Union Osteoporosis Consultation Panel and the European Parliament Osteoporosis Interest Group. 

List of IOF European policy publications

• Broken bones, broken lives: A roadmap to solve the fragility fracture crisis in Europe (2018)
   
• Osteoporosis in the European Union: Medical Management, Epidemiology and Economic Burden (2013)
   
• SCOPE - ScoreCard for Osteoporosis in Europe (2013)
   
• Osteoporosis: Burden, health care provision and opportunities in the European Union (2011)
   
• Osteoporosis in the European Union: Ten Years of Progress and Ongoing Challenges (2008)
   
• Osteoporosis in the EU: Improving the Assessment of Fracture Risk (2006)
   
• Osteoporosis in Europe: Indicators of Progress (2005)
   
• Osteoporosis in the European Union: Overview and Next Steps (2004)
   
• Osteoporosis in the European Community: Action Plan (2003)
   
• Osteoporosis in the European Community: A Call to Action (2001)
   
• Report on Osteoporosis in the European Community: Action for Prevention (1998)