On 20 October, the globe will celebrate World Osteoporosis Day and calls on everyone to love their bones and protect their future. Affecting nearly 33% of women and 25% of men, Osteoporosis is an underdiagnosed and undertreated silent disease. Being the only non-profit, voluntary health organisation dedicated to promoting lifelong bone health in South Africa, […]
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Family Fun Run to Raise Funds for NOFSA
On Saturday, 25 November 2017 numerous families will enjoy a 5km fun walk/run to commence at the corner of Boland and Protea roads Vierlanden, Durbanville to raise funds for the National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa.
READ MORE »Appreciate your bones on World Osteoporosis Day
On 20 October, the globe will celebrate World Osteoporosis Day and calls on everyone to love their bones and protect their future. Affecting nearly 33% of women and 25% of men, Osteoporosis is an underdiagnosed and undertreated silent disease. Being the only non-profit, voluntary health organisation dedicated to promoting lifelong bone health in South Africa, […]
READ MORE »Spreading the love on World Osteoporosis Day
20 October 2016 marked World Osteoporosis Day which is celebrated across the globe, and also on home ground through the efforts of NOFSA – the National Osteoporosis Foundation South Africa. 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men will develop this disease in South Africa, and NOFSA highlighted the urgency to #LoveYourBones with a […]
READ MORE »Love your bones on World Osteoporosis day
The National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa (NOFSA) is calling all South Africans to love their bones on World Osteoporosis Day (WOD), celebrated worldwide on 20 October to promote awareness of osteoporosis. Click here to open the IOF video with information on Osteoporosis and how to best prevent it. Under its theme of Love Your […]
READ MORE »NOFSA response to article “Menopause Matters”
NOFSA response to the article “Menopause Matters” by Athol Kent. Menopause Focus Vol 4 No3, Aug 2016, 15-16 The National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa (NOFSA) would like to comment in response to the opinion by Kent published in Menopause Focus, which we feel is imbalanced and misleading in several domains. The controversy raised by […]
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