No 192 December 2015

Haemophilia Awareness Week and Red Cake Day were held this year from 11 to 17 October 2015. Haemophilia Foundation Australia…

Red Cake Day during Haemophilia Awareness Week

The 17th Australian & New Zealand Conference on haemophilia and related bleeding disorders was a great success. It was attended…

WOMEN’S PROJECT Understanding bleeding disorders in females is a relatively new field and this has been very challenging in the…

Have you ever wanted to be daring and take on a challenge? Or do something that’s a bit scary? Or…

From the HFA and National Blood Authority MyABDR Team WHAT’S NEW? A new version of the MyABDR app was released…

World AIDS Day is marked internationally on 1 December. This is a time to raise awareness in the wider community…

Photo right: Australian haemophilia nurses at ISTH. Left-to-right: Olivia Hollingdrake, Robyn Shoemark, Claire McGregor, Natalie Gamble-Williams   SUSAN DALKIE Susan…

HANNAH OPESKIN AND SUZANNE O'CALLAGHAN Hannah Opeskin is Health Promotion Officer and Suzanne O’Callaghan is Policy Research and Education Manager,…

For the fourth year a group of cyclists led by Dr Simon McRae and Andrew Atkins will ride as Team.Factor…

HANNAH OPESKIN Hannah Opeskin is Health Promotion Officer, Haemophilia Foundation Australia 2015 AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE Almost 25 young…

GAVIN FINKELSTEIN Gavin Finkelstein is President, Haemophilia Foundation Australia 2015 CONFERENCE We had an excellent Conference on the Gold Coast….

Photo right: Ann Roberts receiving her Life Governorship from Jenny Ross and Gavin Finkelstein SHARON CARIS Sharon Caris is Executive…

Photo right: The Australian Haemophilia Nurses Group 2015 Robyn Shoemark Robyn Shoemark is Clinical Nurse Consultant, Haemophilia – the Children’s…

Photo right: Carolyn Arnold discussing a team approach to pain management CAMERON CRAMEY Cameron Cramey is the Senior Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist…

Sarah Elliott’s report is abridged from her article titled ‘Managing your headspace’ in Bloodline, vol. 43, no. 3, November 2015,…

Photo right: Dr Krispin Hajkowicz presenting on HIV MONA CHONG AND SUZANNE O'CALLAGHAN Dr Desdemona Chong is Clinical Psychologist with…

SUZANNE O'CALLAGHAN Suzanne O'Callaghan is Policy Research and Education Manager, Haemophilia Foundation Australia Women bleed too Chair: Joanna McCosker Managing…