Country Programs

The work of the WFH country programs is carried out within the framework of its comprehensive development model.

Country programs strategically target two to three of the six key areas outlined in the comprehensive development model. They provide in-depth support in the following areas:

Government support
Actively involving the government in allocating resources for hemophilia care.
Care delivery
Supporting the structure that provides hemophilia services in a country through a network of hemophilia treatment centres.
Medical expertise and laboratory diagnosis
Ensuring medical professionals are well trained, and patients are accurately diagnosed.

Treatment products
Helping to enhance the supply of safe treatment products.
Patient organization
Providing training and coaching on strategic planning, board governance, effective management, public relations skills, fundraising, advocacy, and patient education.
Data collection and outcomes research
Helping to gather the evidence needed to make the case for better care.

Duration and Selection Criteria

A Country Program is implemented for an average period of three to five years, depending on the needs of the country, the goals of the program, the level of success reached, and WFH resources. To have a country program, the national member organization (NMO) or hemophilia treatment centre (HTC) must have:

Skilled and committed leaders (a person with hemophilia, a family member of a person with hemophilia, or a medical professional)
Winning coalitions of people with hemophilia and/or treaters with active volunteer or staff capacity to initiate and fulfil activities
Institutional and volunteer-based support
Potential for the program to have a positive and sustainable impact in the country

Though many NMOs and HTCs meet the above criteria, it is ultimately the WFH and its resources that determine which countries are selected.

Current Country Programs

In 2019, the WFH is focusing on the following areas for its 22 country programs.

REGION	COUNTRY	OBJECTIVES
Africa	Ghana	Increase access to adequate and affordable care Improve outreach and diagnosis of people with bleeding disorders
	Nigeria	Increase access to adequate and affordable care Improve outreach and diagnosis of people with bleeding disorders
	South Africa	Increase access to adequate and affordable care
	Zambia	Increase access to adequate and affordable care Improve outreach and diagnosis of people with bleeding disorders
Middle East	Algeria	Enhance medical expertise Data collection
	Morocco	Promote effective care system: ensure government commitment/support to national care program Care delivery
	Palestine	Enhance medical and paramedical expertise: improve outreach and diagnosis of people with bleeding disorders Enhance medical expertise
	Saudi Arabia	Strengthen capacity of NMO Enhance medical and paramedical expertise
Europe	Montenegro	Improve organization of care and medical expertise Support government commitment, improve organization of care and medical expertise Enhance medical expertise (multidisciplinary)
Europe	Romania	Enhance medical expertise/or improvement of care delivery (cross-cutting) Enhance medical expertise (multidisciplinary) Educate patient community/strengthen capacities of the NMO
South Asia and East Asia	India	Enhance medical expertise Strengthen NMO capacity Support implementation of activities
	Mongolia	Enhance medical expertise Strengthen NMO capacity Enhance medical and multidisciplinary care
	Nepal	Strengthen capacity of clinicians Provide state of the art education to clinicians Monitoring Visit
Central America and Caribbean	Costa Rica	HCP training and outreach NMO strengthening
	Dominican Republic	Strengthen capacity of NMO
	El Salvador	Improve clinical are management Enhance medical and paramedical expertise Strengthen capacity of NMO
	Honduras	Strengthening of the patient organization Improve data collection
	Jamaica	Strengthen capacity of NMO
	Mexico	Promote effective care system
	Trinidad and Tobago	Enhance medical and paramedical expertise Educate and raise awareness in the patient community
South America	Bolivia	Increase government support for inherited bleeding disorders treatment and care Strengthen capacity of NMO and educate and raise awareness of patient community Enhance medical and multidisciplinary HCP expertise Improve outreach and diagnosis of people with bleeding disorders Improve inhibitor diagnosis and increase knowledge of other treatment related complications
South America	Paraguay	Enhance medical and multidisciplinary HCP expertise Strengthen capacity of NMO and educate and raise awareness of patient community

For more information about country programs, contact us at regionaldevelopment@wfh.org.