No 204 December 2018

In this issue

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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