OAFI Foundation
Osteoarthritis Foundation International (OAFI) is the first and only non-profit foundation exclusively for people with osteoarthritis worldwide. Since 2016, it has been leading the fight against osteoarthritis by promoting education, prevention, treatment and research into all aspects of joint health and providing solutions for people suffering from the disease. Based in Barcelona, it works globally to defend patients’ rights and raise awareness of joint health.
Arthritis Foundation
Since 1948, the Arthritis Foundation has led the fight to conquer arthritis, which now affects nearly 60 million adults and hundreds of thousands of children in the United States as well as their families and loved ones. The Arthritis Foundation is boldly pursuing a cure for America’s #1 cause of disability while championing the fight to conquer arthritis with life-changing science, resources, advocacy and community connections. We envision a world where all people with arthritis are living a life without limits.
Arthrose Forum Austria
Arthrose Forum Austria is a private initiative and self-help platform. The focus is on osteoarthritis self-management. Those affected should be motivated to stay active and always put together a package of measures (©Blumenstrauss Therapie) for the treatment of osteoarthritis and alleviation of symptoms.
At the same time, Arthrose Forum Austria would like to contribute with appropriate events and initiatives to increase motivation for self-management and awareness of osteoarthritis among the public and decision-makers in the healthcare sector
APMARR
APMARR is an Italian association created to support people with rheumatologic and rare diseases. Its mission is to improve the quality of care in order to enhance patients’ quality of life. The association aims to ensure that these conditions receive proper dignity and attention from both the public and policymakers. It emphasizes the importance of national social and healthcare policies and the need to spread information about these chronic, disabling illnesses, which significantly impact personal, social, family, and professional life, including psychological well-being.
Association Française de Lutte Anti-Rhumatismale
For more than 80 years, AFLAR has acted to achieve the major objectives of the fight against rheumatism. Raise general awareness to inform about the impacts of such diseases beyond clichés. Carry out a better knowledge on RMDs, their care, their prevention and the state of research. Improve the quality of care by transmitting savoir-faire and ensuring health professionals training. Help patients live better with the disease and be part of the health process. Bring patients to become actors of their own care and implicate them in the reflection about health policies. Allow for equal access to care for each and every patient suffering from RMDs. Make governments and decision-makers fully understand and realize the human, social and economical weight of RMDs. Improve social care and the resources for prevention and research.
TEPFIT
The TEPFIT® self-help group was founded in 2015. We support those affected by osteoarthritis, allay fears and provide tips on therapies and surgeries. We are supported by a large network of physicians. In 2022, the non-profit organization ArthroseKompetenzNetzwerk TEPFIT® e.V., called ArthroseFIT for short, was founded.
This organization supplements the activities of the self-help group with information events and campaigns to make information and the latest findings available to those affected. We also support research projects in the field of osteoarthritis and joint surgery, work across borders and are networked at European level and internationally.
ReumaNederland
More than 2 million people in our country have rheumatism. Damage to their joints hinders them every day. Meanwhile, the outside world thinks it’s not that bad. That is the painful reality of rheumatism. ReumaNederland invests in groundbreaking solutions, from better treatments to recognition in society. We are getting the Netherlands moving, and we won’t stop until everyone with rheumatism can fully participate again.
Liga Portuguesa contra as Doenças Reumáticas
Established in 1982, the Portuguese League Against Rheumatic Diseases (LPCDR) vision is to reduce the global burden of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) and to increase the quality of life of people affected by them. Our mission is to empower people with RMDs, contributing to their full integration into society, disseminating information on the nature, prevention, treatment, and social impact of RMDs. Support, Education, Awareness, Advocacy, Collaboration and Research are our core values.
AECOSAR
AECOSAR is the Spanish Association with the Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis, aimed at patients with osteoporosis and osteoarthritis at a national level.
In AECOSAR we support patients suffering from osteoporosis, promoting early diagnosis and prevention. We disseminate information about these bone pathologies, supporting patients with activities that result in healthy life habits, acting in healthy lifestyles, acting in prevention and improving quality of life.
PANLAR
The Pan-American League of Associations for Rheumatology (PANLAR), founded in 1944, brings together the scientific rheumatology societies, healthcare professionals involved with rheumatic conditions, and groups of rheumatic patients from all countries in the Americas.
Our mission is to improve the lives of people with rheumatic diseases in the Americas by leading progress in the field of rheumatology through the promotion of early diagnosis, access to innovative treatments, and support for research.
