GLOBAL NMO TRAINING GETS MEMBERS TOGETHER
From May 8-10, the WFH hosted their national member organization meeting in picturesque Creswick, Victoria where 104 delegates from across the world came together to discuss issues facing their...
View ArticleBLOOD SISTERS: WEBSITE, NETWORKING EVENTS HELP WOMEN WITH BLEEDING DISORDERS
When Cheryl D’Ambrosio’s stepdaughter was diagnosed with factor V deficiency, doctors told her the disease was so rare in women that there were not many treatment options. “They basically said just...
View ArticleHEMOPHILIA AND ITS IMPACT ON EMPLOYMENT
Apart from the impact of the day-to-day dealings with the physical manifestations of a bleeding disorder, there is a psychosocial aspect of working and earning a living. Werner Kalnins, German...
View ArticleA MELBOURNE FACT
The Sporting Capital of the World No other city does sports like Melbourne. If you haven’t noticed already, Melbourne is the capital of Australian rules football. The most popular team, the Melbourne...
View ArticleREHABILITATION CAN BE A KEY ASPECT FOR PEOPLE WITH HEMOPHILIA
Rehabilitation is a relatively new concept in medicine. In the past, the disabled were removed from the community, rather than treated and brought back into the community, said Michael Heim, Israel...
View ArticleRESEARCH SHOWS NEW WAYS TO BLOCK INFLAMMATION
Exciting new treatment options may be on the horizon for hemophilic arthropathy (HA) or permanent joint disease as a long-term consequence of repeated hemarthrosis. At the Wednesday morning plenary,...
View ArticleNO WORRIES: HFA AND VOLUNTEERS HELP MAKE WFH CONGRESS A SUCCESS
Four years ago at the World Congress in Buenos Aires, members of Haemophilia Foundation Australia (HFA) started imagining what it would be like to have a Congress in their country. After many years of...
View ArticleWFH 2014 WORLD CONGRESS IN PICTURES
Photos from the WFH 2014 World Congress in Melbourne, Australia
View ArticleWEBCASTS,ePOSTERS AND MORE
Webcasts of selected Congress sessions Again this year, the WFH is pleased to offer access to over 40 webcasts of selected sessions from the WFH 2014 World Congress program to Congress delegates and...
View ArticleCLINICAL RESEARCH GRANT DEADLINE APPROACHES
In April 2013, the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) launched the new Clinical Research Grant Program, which provides support for international investigations related to the management of inherited...
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