Items tagged 'Women & girls'

Growing up with VWD

18 December 2024

Girls, Growing up with a bleeding disorder, Personal stories, Von Willebrand disease, Women & girls, Young people
girls, heavy menstrual bleeding, VWD, young women

Cassie's personal story of growing up with von Willebrand disease (VWD) and learning to manage her heavy periods.

Growing up with VWD

Cassie -
11 December 2024

Cassie's personal story of growing up with von Willebrand disease (VWD) and learning to manage her heavy periods.

Heavy menstrual bleeding in teenagers

Jaime Chase -
11 September 2024

When and how to seek help for adolescent girls with bleeding disorders when they have heavy periods.

Women’s Health Week 2024

2 September 2024

It's Women's Health Week! To celebrate we're diving into a variety of topics from knowing your body and tackling taboos, to advocating for yourself.

Women and girls with bleeding disorders

Suzanne O'Callaghan -
26 June 2024

Sessions on women and girls at the WFH 2024 World Congress had a strong message that it’s time for action on female-specific research, treatment and care.

Women: caregivers to patients to advocates

Lara Nicholson -
26 June 2024

This session discussed the work of women advocates to overcome the general and longstanding misunderstanding that women are only carriers and do not have bleeding disorders.

Growing up with Glanzmann thrombasthenia

Elizabeth -
19 March 2024

Elizabeth’s teenage daughter Grace has Glanzmann thrombasthenia. Elizabeth talks about what it was like to find that your child has a very rare bleeding disorder and their family experiences as Grace grows up.

Living with Glanzmann thrombasthenia

Allison -
19 March 2024

Allison was diagnosed with Glanzmann thrombasthenia at birth. She talked to HFA about her experiences and what she has learned from living with this very rare bleeding disorder.

Women and peer support

Lauren Green -
19 March 2024

How do you encourage women to take some time out to focus on their own needs? Lauren talks about peer support activities for women at Haemophilia Foundation Queensland.

International Women’s Day 2024

8 March 2024

Today we celebrate the women in the bleeding disorders community – whether they’re women with bleeding disorders or mums, partners, daughters, sisters, nurses, doctors, social workers or counsellors, physios, researchers, or carers. Thank you for being part of our community and advocating for us!

Haemophilia Foundation Australia

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Haemophilia Foundation Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country throughout Australia, the land, waters and community where we walk, live, meet and work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Items tagged 'Women & girls'

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