Items tagged 'girls'

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.

The challenges of living with VWD

Shauna -
11 December 2023

Shauna’s story Shauna shared her personal story of managing quality of life issues while living with Type 3 VWD at…

Women and girls with bleeding disorders

Suzanne O'Callaghan and Alex Klever -
11 December 2023

Plenary – Women and girls with bleeding disordersChair ~ Dr Meredith WigginsPersonal perspectives on the challenges and issues of living…

WFH national haemophilia organisation training

Shauna Adams -
13 September 2022

Shauna Adams is HFACT Secretary and an Australian community member with VWD. Suzanne O'Callaghan is HFA Policy Research and Education…

Women and girls with haemophilia

Robyn Shoemark -
13 September 2022

ROBYN SHOEMARK Robyn Shoemark is Clinical Nurse Consultant Haemophilia/Haematology at the Kids Factor Zone, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney,…

New HFA education resource

14 June 2022

Haemophilia Foundation Australia has published a new education resource, Haemophilia testing in women and girls: your questions answered. It’s a…

Female Factors survey 2021

Suzanne O'Callaghan -
14 March 2022

SUZANNE O’CALLAGHAN Suzanne O’Callaghan is HFA Policy Research and Education Manager In August 2021 HFA undertook an evaluation survey of…

Growing up with von Willebrand disease

14 December 2021

Simoni tells her personal story of growing up with the challenges of type 3 (severe) VWD.

Women and girls

Jaime Chase -
13 December 2021

JAIME CHASE Jaime Chase is the Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist at the Children’s Cancer & Haematology Service, John Hunter Children’s…

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Items tagged 'girls'

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