No 195 September 2016

Haemophilia Foundation Australia is excited to announce the launch of our new website www.haemophilia.org.au.   Please have a browse on…

GAVIN FINKELSTEIN Gavin Finkelstein is President, Haemophilia Foundation Australia TREATMENT PRODUCT SAFETY It was interesting that the World Hemophilia Congress…

Haemophilia Awareness Week is an opportunity for individuals and families as well as Haemophilia Foundations and other organisations to take…

The World Federation of Hemophilia 2016 World Congress was held in Orlando, Florida, USA from 24 to 28 July 2016….

“Sometimes as a clinician in bleeding disorders – and at times as expressed to me by my patients – it…

An interview with Gavin Finkelstein Suzanne O'Callaghan is HFA Policy Research and Education Manager Gavin Finkelstein, HFA President, spoke with…

JAMES SLADE James Slade is the Advanced Practice Nurse, Haemophilia & Bleeding Disorders at The Canberra Hospital. He works as…

ALISON MORRIS Alison Morris is Senior Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist at the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia The Congress…

MOANA HARLEN Dr Moana Harlen is Senior Psychologist Haemophilia at the Queensland Haemophilia Centre, Brisbane What a privilege it was…

ANOTHER NEW TREATMENT RECOMMENDED In July 2016 the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) recommended that another new Direct Acting Antiviral…

  World Hepatitis day was marked globally on 28 July. In 2016 the World Health Organization committed to eliminating viral…

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

Haemophilia Xplained is an innovative app to explain haemophilia, how it impacts on the body and issues related to living…

  Factored In continues to be a valued resource among the bleeding disorders youth community. New content includes: A personal…

  THE HFACT CAMP WAS A HUGE SUCCESS! Geoffrey Geoffrey is an HFA youth leader and mentor. Geoffrey attended the…

We are hoping to have a social get together of South Australians with bleeding disorders before the end of the…