No 204 December 2018

Save the date

5 December 2018

The 19th Australian Conference on haemophilia, VWD and rare bleeding disorders will take place on 10-12 October 2019.

From the President

Gavin Finkelstein -
3 December 2018

GAVIN FINKELSTEIN Gavin Finkelstein is President, Haemophilia Foundation Australia Haemophilia Foundation Australia (HFA) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and…

Bleeding Disorders Awareness Week

3 December 2018

And Red Cake Day 2018 Bleeding Disorders Awareness Week and Red Cake Day was held this year from 7-13 October…

Iliopsoas muscle bleeds

Andrew Atkins -
5 December 2018

ANDREW ATKINS Andrew Atkins is Nurse Consultant, SA Adult Haemophilia Treatment Centre, Royal Adelaide Hospital Muscle bleeds are the second…

PROBE Study Phase 2 results

3 December 2018

How can HFA have access to good quality data about the treatment and health experiences of Australians with bleeding disorders?…

Telling others

5 December 2018

How do you tell a new partner about your bleeding disorder? Or your daughter that she may have a bleeding…

The ongoing hepatitis C campaign

5 December 2018

A comment from HFA Dr Sumit Parikh’s report in this issue of National Haemophilia is a welcome confirmation that Australians…

Uptake of hep C treatment

Sumit Parikh -
5 December 2018

Uptake of hepatitis C direct acting antiviral (DAA) treatment SUMIT PARIKH Dr Sumit Parikh is the AHCDO ABDR Senior Research…

Living Well With HIV

Trish Thompson -
5 December 2018

This article was originally published in Poslink, the newsletter of Living Positive Victoria (www.livingpositivevictoria.org.au), issue 83, Winter 2018, and is…

World AIDS Day

5 December 2018

World AIDS Day is marked internationally on 1 December. In 2018 the World AIDS Day national theme is Everybody counts….

New young women’s resource

5 December 2018

We are very pleased to announce the release of Female Factors, HFA's new resource for young women and teenage girls….

GAPping with Vietnam

Jane Portnoy -
5 December 2018

JANE PORTNOY Jane Portnoy is Social Worker – Haemophilia at the Ronald Sawers Haemophilia Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne This…

Living like a Swede

Mindi Palm -
5 December 2018

MINDI PALM Amanda (Mindi) Palm is a former Australian community member and blogger, now living in Sweden We’ve had three…

What’s happening in South Australia

5 December 2018

We hope to have an education and social event in early 2019, but in the meantime there is work going…

Team.Factor 2019

5 December 2018

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

Youth Update

Kassy Drummond -
5 December 2018

KASSY DRUMMOND Kassy Drummond is Health Promotion Officer, Haemophilia Foundation Australia CHANGES AHEAD We are refreshing Factored In! We’ve created…

Youth News – Going For It!

5 December 2018

The Haemophilia Foundation Australia’s Go for it Grants program assists people living with bleeding disorders take the first step towards achieving their…

Calendar

5 December 2018

World Haemophilia Day 17 April 2019 19th Australian Conference on haemophilia & rare bleeding disorders Novotel Manly, Sydney 10-12 October…

Season’s Greetings

5 December 2018

The HFA Council and Staff wish you a very happy and safe festive season. Thank you for your support during…

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