World Hemophilia Day 2019

OUTREACH AND IDENTIFICATION

April 17, 2019 marked the 29th World Hemophilia Day! This year, the WFH focused on reaching out and identifying new members of the bleeding disorders community. For many years, the WFH has supported outreach projects in different countries and conducted educational events for both lay and health care professionals in conjunction with our national member organizations (NMOs).

The WHD2019 campaign featured examples of WFH outreach initiatives such as organizing regional workshops, raising awareness of bleeding through media coverage or training health professionals and collecting data. It combined these examples with submissions from our community about outreach efforts in their own regions or ideas about what would be helpful for future initiatives.

This landmark day also helped to illustrate the importance of the WFH Humanitarian Aid Program—an important endeavour for the WFH that provides a range of integrated care development training programs to ensure the local infrastructure and medical expertise are available to optimize and appropriately use donated products.