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href="https://www.efort.org/message-in-support-of-the-populations-affected-by-the-earthquake-in-the-regions-of-turkiye-and-syria/">Message in support of the populations affected by the earthquake in the regions of Türkiye and Syria</a></h2> <div class="post-info"><span class="date published time" title="2023-02-16T21:06:08+01:00">February 16, 2023</span> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="https://www.efort.org/author/axelle-devun/" rel="author">Axelle Devun</a></span></span> </div><div class="entry-content"><p>EFORT Head Office | Rolle, Switzerland, 16 February 2023 The European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology EFORT expresses its sympathy and support to all those people affected by the devastating earthquake disaster in the regions of Türkiye and Syria. Our thoughts also are with physicians, rescue teams and other health professionals deployed […]</p> </div><div class="post-meta"><span class="categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://www.efort.org/category/statements/" rel="category tag">Statements</a></span> <span class="tags">Tagged With: <a href="https://www.efort.org/tag/earthquake/" rel="tag">earthquake</a>, <a href="https://www.efort.org/tag/syria/" rel="tag">Syria</a>, <a href="https://www.efort.org/tag/turkiye/" rel="tag">Türkiye</a></span></div></div><div class="post-26862 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-statements entry"><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.efort.org/aiot-joint-statement-against-war/">AIOT Joint Statement Against War</a></h2> <div class="post-info"><span class="date published time" title="2022-03-04T14:10:08+01:00">March 4, 2022</span> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="https://www.efort.org/author/oscar-vispo/" rel="author">EFORT Head Office</a></span></span> </div><div class="entry-content"><p>AIOT Joint Statement Against War | 04 March 2022 The situation that creates consequences that orthopaedic surgeons have the most difficulty dealing with in their professional lives is war. APOA, EFORT, PAOA, SICOT and SLAOT are adamantly against war. As AIOT, we express our belief in the right to sovereignty of every nation, and that […]</p> </div><div class="post-meta"><span class="categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://www.efort.org/category/statements/" rel="category tag">Statements</a></span> </div></div><div class="post-26853 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-statements entry"><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.efort.org/message-of-support-for-ukraine/">Message of support for Ukraine</a></h2> <div class="post-info"><span class="date published time" title="2022-03-03T16:29:01+01:00">March 3, 2022</span> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="https://www.efort.org/author/oscar-vispo/" rel="author">EFORT Head Office</a></span></span> </div><div class="entry-content"><p>EFORT Head Office | Rolle, Switzerland, 03 March 2022 It is with great sadness and deep concern that the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT), learns of the rapidly unfolding situation and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. While we remain an apolitical federation of the national societies of orthopaedics and traumatology in […]</p> </div><div class="post-meta"><span class="categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://www.efort.org/category/statements/" rel="category tag">Statements</a></span> </div></div><div class="post-26039 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-statements entry"><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.efort.org/efort-statement-on-cobalt-in-orthopaedic-implants/">EFORT Statement on Cobalt in Orthopaedic implants</a></h2> <div class="post-info"><span class="date published time" title="2021-08-26T07:33:26+01:00">August 26, 2021</span> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="https://www.efort.org/author/oscar-vispo/" rel="author">EFORT Head Office</a></span></span> </div><div class="entry-content"><p>Update from the earlier Joint Statement of EFORT and MedTech Europe’s Orthopaedic Sector Group from the 14 August 2018. Rolle, Switzerland, 24 August 2021 The EU Commission will, after receiving guidance from the ECHA on October 1 2021, raise the concern level for Cobalt contained in medical devices. The latter has been discussed for a […]</p> </div><div class="post-meta"><span class="categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://www.efort.org/category/statements/" rel="category tag">Statements</a></span> </div></div><div class="post-25227 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-statements entry"><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.efort.org/efort2021-statement/">EFORT CONGRESS 2021: OFFICIAL STATEMENT</a></h2> <div class="post-info"><span class="date published time" title="2021-01-20T15:10:57+01:00">January 20, 2021</span> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="https://www.efort.org/author/oscar-vispo/" rel="author">EFORT Head Office</a></span></span> </div><div class="entry-content"><p>Rolle | Switzerland | 20 January 2021 | COVID-19: EFORT’s OFFICIAL STATEMENT FOR VIENNA 2021 Dear EFORT Community, Strong from the experience of our first virtual congress last year, Vienna should have been our congress venue this year and we would have been prepared and delighted to welcome you this summer in Austria for the […]</p> </div><div class="post-meta"><span class="categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://www.efort.org/category/statements/" rel="category tag">Statements</a></span> </div></div><div class="post-24686 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-statements entry"><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.efort.org/aiot-joint-statement-covid-19/">AIOT Joint Statement – COVID-19 Best Practices</a></h2> <div class="post-info"><span class="date published time" title="2020-04-28T17:50:22+01:00">April 28, 2020</span> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="https://www.efort.org/author/oscar-vispo/" rel="author">EFORT Head Office</a></span></span> </div><div class="entry-content"><p>COVID-19 BEST PRACTICESAIOT JOINT STATEMENT27 April 2020 The outbreak of a novel coronavirus, referred to as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) or coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has rapidly become a global public health threat, endangering the health and well-being of all people, but especially vulnerable populations. The pandemic has also precipitated social disruption, exceptional health-care […]</p> </div><div class="post-meta"><span class="categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://www.efort.org/category/statements/" rel="category tag">Statements</a></span> </div></div><div class="post-24595 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-statements entry"><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.efort.org/mdr_update_20200325/">EU Commission confirms it will propose MDR deadline delay due to coronavirus</a></h2> <div class="post-info"><span class="date published time" title="2020-04-01T10:57:45+01:00">April 1, 2020</span> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="https://www.efort.org/author/oscar-vispo/" rel="author">EFORT Head Office</a></span></span> </div><div class="entry-content"><p>By Jillian Deutsch | POLITICO Pro | 3/25/20, 1:16 PM CET The Commission will propose a one-year delay for the Medical Device Regulation (MDR) transition deadline, Commission spokesperson Stefan De Keersmaecker said today. The Commission is still working on the proposal, De Keersmaecker said, but it aims to have it go to the Council and […]</p> </div><div class="post-meta"><span class="categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://www.efort.org/category/statements/" rel="category tag">Statements</a></span> </div></div><div class="post-22988 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-statements entry"><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.efort.org/mdr0719/">Upcoming call for candidates to enter Expert Panel in the Medical Device Regulation process</a></h2> <div class="post-info"><span class="date published time" title="2019-07-09T14:53:24+01:00">July 9, 2019</span> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="https://www.efort.org/author/oscar-vispo/" rel="author">EFORT Head Office</a></span></span> </div><div class="entry-content"><p>Letter to: National Societies in EFORT – National Delegates in EFORT – European Orthopaedic and Traumatology Specialty Societies – EFORT EU Affairs Committee members – EFORT Board and Executive Committee Rolle, 9 July 2019 RE: Upcoming call for candidates to enter Expert Panel in the Medical Device Regulation process Dear Members of the EFORT Community, […]</p> </div><div class="post-meta"><span class="categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://www.efort.org/category/statements/" rel="category tag">Statements</a></span> </div></div><div class="post-22309 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-statements entry"><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.efort.org/efort-are-orthopaedic-and-trauma-implants-safe/">EFORT: Are Orthopaedic and Trauma implants safe?</a></h2> <div class="post-info"><span class="date published time" title="2018-11-30T15:50:14+01:00">November 30, 2018</span> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="https://www.efort.org/author/oscar-vispo/" rel="author">EFORT Head Office</a></span></span> </div><div class="entry-content"><p>In the third week of November a large collective of journalists published articles about the safety of surgical implants in Europe. In both newspapers and on television they criticized the safety of some of the implants. They also criticized the process in Europe for evaluation of implants before they are allowed onto the market. The […]</p> </div><div class="post-meta"><span class="categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://www.efort.org/category/statements/" rel="category tag">Statements</a></span> </div></div><div class="post-22099 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-statements entry"><h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://www.efort.org/jt-hta/">European Doctors unite to demand policymakers support for EU-Level HTA</a></h2> <div class="post-info"><span class="date published time" title="2018-09-28T10:48:26+01:00">September 28, 2018</span> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="https://www.efort.org/author/oscar-vispo/" rel="author">EFORT Head Office</a></span></span> </div><div class="entry-content"><p>While the European Parliament (EP) prepares to vote upon the legislative proposal on health technology assessment (HTA)*, organisations representing tens of thousands of healthcare professionals who make daily use of health technologies unite in a call for a positive legislative outcome. The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) together with the European Academy of Neurology (EAN), […]</p> </div><div class="post-meta"><span class="categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://www.efort.org/category/statements/" rel="category tag">Statements</a></span> </div></div><div class="navigation"><div class="pagination-next alignright"><a href="https://www.efort.org/category/statements/page/2/" >Next Page »</a></div></div></div><div style="float:right;width:150px"> <div style="padding-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 5px"> <a href="#top">Back to top</a> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="footer-widgets" class="footer-widgets"><div class="wrap"><div class="widget-area footer-widgets-1 footer-widget-area"><div id="featured-post-4" class="widget featured-content featuredpost"><div class="widget-wrap"><h4 class="widget-title widgettitle">EFORT News</h4> <div class="post-2806 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-efort-news category-main-footers entry"><a href="https://www.efort.org/webinars/" class="alignleft"><img width="260" height="104" src="https://www.efort.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Webinar_replays_260x104px-260x104.jpg" class="entry-image attachment-post" alt="" loading="lazy" itemprop="image" srcset="https://www.efort.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Webinar_replays_260x104px.jpg 260w, https://www.efort.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Webinar_replays_260x104px-250x100.jpg 250w" sizes="(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px" /></a><p><strong>EFORT WEBINARS REPLAYS<br /> </strong>Check all the <strong><a href="https://efortnet.conference2web.com/#!webinars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EFORT Webinars REPLAYS</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://efortnet.conference2web.com/#!webinars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EFORT Congress Webcasts</a></strong> in <strong><a href="https://efortnet.conference2web.com/#!webinars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EFORT e-Science.</a></strong></p> </div></div></div> </div><div class="widget-area footer-widgets-2 footer-widget-area"><div id="featured-post-3" class="widget featured-content featuredpost"><div class="widget-wrap"><h4 class="widget-title widgettitle">News from the network</h4> <div class="post-4621 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-main-footers category-news entry"><a href="https://www.efort.org/efort-today/" class="alignleft"><img width="260" height="104" src="https://www.efort.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/EFORT_Today_260x104px-260x104.jpg" class="entry-image attachment-post" alt="" loading="lazy" itemprop="image" srcset="https://www.efort.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/EFORT_Today_260x104px.jpg 260w, https://www.efort.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/EFORT_Today_260x104px-250x100.jpg 250w" sizes="(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px" /></a><p><a href="https://www.efort.org/newsletter/"><strong>EFORT Today</strong></a>, released twice a month, is the <strong>official newsletter</strong> of EFORT.<br /> <a href="https://www.efort.org/newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>MORE INFORMATION & SUBSCRIPTION</strong></a></p> </div></div></div> </div><div class="widget-area footer-widgets-3 footer-widget-area"><div id="featured-post-2" class="widget featured-content featuredpost"><div class="widget-wrap"><h4 class="widget-title widgettitle">Societies News</h4> <div class="post-225 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-main-footers category-course entry"><a href="https://www.efort.org/efort-foundation/" class="alignleft"><img width="260" height="104" src="https://www.efort.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/foundation_260x104px-260x104.jpg" class="entry-image attachment-post" alt="" loading="lazy" itemprop="image" srcset="https://www.efort.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/foundation_260x104px.jpg 260w, https://www.efort.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/foundation_260x104px-250x100.jpg 250w" sizes="(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px" /></a><p style="text-align: left;">Launched in 2009, the <a href="https://www.efortfoundation.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>EFORT Foundation</strong></a> primary goal is to promote science & research in the fields of Orthopaedics & Traumatology.</p> <p></p> </div></div></div> </div></div></div><div id="footer" class="footer"><div class="wrap"><div style="width:640px; 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