Tackling the EU’s escalating Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease crisis – already impacting over 120 million Europeans – is critical for #SocialRights #EUCompetitiveness #LabourShortages. @EU_EESC @eurofound find out more in @ParliMag

Prof. Margreet Kloppenburg from @eular_org stressed that Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases occur at higher frequency amongst women, older workers and people with disabilities – groups identified by @EU_Social #ESDE report as helping to solve #EU #LabourShortages. @eurofound

Undiagnosed osteoarthritis ended Spanish architect @Fran_Carreira’s career early. He urges #MEPs: “Employers should listen to people with #RMDs about the adaptations they need.” #disability #QualityJobsRoadmapNow

Today @alexagiussaliba & @MiriamMLex co-chaired an @meps4RMDaction roundtable on “Healthy workforce, competitive Europe.” How are RMDs driving #LabourShortages and harming the EU economy & social rights? Find out👉 https://t.co/Etsq6HYOud @RoxanaMinzatu

On #InternationalDayofCareandSupport learn more about the EU’s escalating RMD crisis, how it contributes to ‘years lived caregiving’, and also disproportionately affects #caregivers and #EUHealthWorkforce shortages. https://t.co/Etsq6HYOud @eurofound

According to @EU_OSHA, rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are “the leading cause of work-related health problems in the healthcare sector”, experienced by “60-90% of nurses each year”. They are also a primary cause of #EUHealthWorkforce shortages.

On #WorldOsteoporosisDay, we call on MEPs from @EP_PublicHealth @EPSocialAffairs to recognise Europe’s escalating RMD crisis https://t.co/Etsq6HYOud by joining @meps4RMDaction https://t.co/jqRO440XJo

12 Oct is #WorldArthritisDay. Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Diseases (RMDs) cause over 60% of workplace health problems – a key driver of Europe’s labour shortages. For EU competitiveness we must prioritise RMDs! MEPs: join us 👉 https://t.co/4oikGqkPWh

Delighted to be part of the launch of the @Europarl_EN interest group on rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases

Thank you @V_Andriukaitis for your call for an EU non communicable diseases strategy and recognition of #RMDs as one of Europe's main NCD challenges. #euRMDplan #WorldArthritisDay

Συμμετείχα στην επανεκκίνηση της ομάδας ενδιαφέροντος του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου για τις Ρευματικές και Μυοσκελετικές παθήσεις (RMDs). Με 120 εκ. ανθρώπους στην Ευρώπη να πάσχουν από ρευματικά νοσήματα, είναι ζωτικής σημασίας η συντονισμένη δράση, για την προστασία της υγείας

Europe's facing a skills shortage which can't be solved without addressing the impact of RMDs on our workforce.We must look beyond prevention & address the management of RMDs in employment if we are to prevent people with RMDs being excluded from the labour market @MEPs4RMDhealth

As Co-Chair of @MEPs4RMDhealth, I discussed the economic burden of RMDs on our workplaces & communities, which threatens the very fabric of our economies & social systems. We need to urgently prioritise funding for research into their causes, prevention & treatment! #euRMDplan

Thank you to all #MEPs who attended today’s relaunch of the European Parliament Interest Group on #RMDs. It was wonderful to see so many MEPs recognising rheumatic and musculoskeletal health as a foundation for wider physical & mental health and the economy. #euRMDplan

To mark #WorldArthritisDay @alexagiussaliba & @MiriamMLex are hosting the Relaunch of the #EP Interest Group on RMDs, which affect 120 mln patients. RMDs are a major threat to health & productivity. We need #euRMDplan to cut the burden of RMDs on citizens & the economy. Join us!