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Table 8.

Fragility fracture prevention in national policy

Region	Countries with osteoporosis as a national health priority	References
Asia-Pacific	Australia, China, Chinese Taipei, New Zealand^a, Singapore. 5/16 countries.	IOF 2013 [101]
Eastern Europe and Central Asia	Republic of Belarus, Bulgaria. 2/21 countries.	IOF 2010 [144]
European Union	Bulgaria, Finland, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, UK. 9/27 member states.	IOF-EFPIA 2013 [74, 75, 145]
Latin America	Brazil, Cuba, Mexico. 3/14 countries.	IOF 2012 [147]
Middle East and Africa	Iran, Iraq and Jordan. 3/17 countries.	IOF 2011 [148]

Significant progress has been made in New Zealand since the 2013 IOF Asia-Pacific Audit [67]