Bahrain: The Kingdom of Bahrain joins the world in the celebration of World Osteoporosis Day, which falls on October 20 every year, it aims to raise awareness about the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in line with global trends by focusing on the risk factors of the disease, and a healthy lifestyle; to prevent osteoporosis, and induced fractures About it, and the importance of early detection of osteoporosis.
This World Osteoporosis Day was launched on October 20 1996, by the National Osteoarthritis Association in the United Kingdom, with support of the European Commission, and the WHO ranks osteoporosis as among the ten most common diseases in the world, according to WHO reports International awareness that osteoporosis is one of the most serious diseases.
The silence which affects 30% of women after 50 and 10% of men after 50, leads to a decline in bone density and strength, leading to fractures.
