WFH Guidelines for the Management of Hemophilia | Virtual Summit 2020
In this session from the WFH 2020 Virtual Summit, Glenn Pierce, Alok Srivastava, Steven Pipe, Manuel Carcao, Margaret Ragni and Johnny Mahlangu present and discuss updates to the WFH Guidelines for the Management of Hemophilia. Discussion topics include hemostatic agents, prophylaxis, inhibitors, and treatment of specific hemorrhages. Click below to access more on-demand Virtual Summit […]
Gene therapy: Is robust scientific inquiry the missing factor?
Listen to this 60-minute interactive webinar presented on 11 December 2020 to explore patient perspectives related to scientific inquiry of gene therapy. The session was moderated by David Page (Canadian Hemophilia Society). The panelists included Glenn Pierce, MD, PhD (WFH Vice President, Medical), Radoslaw Kaczmarek, PhD (Polish Hemophilia Society), Brian O’Mahony (Irish Haemophilia Society), and […]
The World Federation of Hemophilia Gene Therapy Registry – Informational Webinar
Listen to this 45-minute webinar presented on 9 November 2020 to learn more about the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) Gene Therapy Registry (GTR). Barbara Konkle, MD (WFH Board of Directors), Glenn Pierce, MD, PhD (WFH VP Medical) and Wolfgang Miesbach, MD (GTR Steering Committee member) discuss the protocol and core data set, the implementation […]
WFH Development Grant Program Webinar
This 1-hour webinar on the WFH Development Grant Program is presented by Dawn Rotellini (Chair, Development Grants Selection Committee) and Salome Mekhuzla (WFH Director, Global Development). The Development Grant Program aims to encourage new and innovative projects to support the inherited bleeding disorders community worldwide. This webinar provides WFH NMOs with an overview of the […]
Advocacy During Covid-19: Having our Voices Heard
This 90-minute webinar on advocacy for National Member Organizations (NMOs) took place on October 27th, 2020. Dr. Alexsandro dos Santos Machado (Brazil), Dr. Munira Borhany (Pakistan) and James Kago (Kenya) discussed the advocacy challenges and activities of their NMOs during the COVID-19 pandemic. WFH Board Member Dawn Rotellini (USA) moderated the session and provided different advocacy […]
Youth Resilience During COVID-19 – Staying Strong Together!
Listen to this 1-hour webinar that took place on 3 September 2020 to learn stories of youth engagement around the world and wellness tips from a psychosocial expert. The panel of youth speakers included Salomón Cárcamo Bonilla (Honduras), Jessica Page (U.K.) and Jodarsen P. Arnachellum (Mauritius). Edward Kuebler (U.S.A), outgoing WFH Psychosocial Committee chair, provided […]
WFH Global VWD Call to Action: The World’s Response
Listen to this webinar which took place on August 26, 2020. Moderated by Dawn Rotellini (USA), the webinar features an overview of von Willebrand Disease by Magdy El Ekiaby, MD (Egypt), information about the Global VWD Call to Action by Luisa Durante (Canada), and presentations by Chedia Aroua (Tunisia), Cassie Osejo (Panama), and Louise Ellwood […]
Maintaining joint health for people with bleeding disorders during COVID-19
Listen to this 1-hour webinar presented on 30 July 2020, chaired by Glenn Pierce, MD, PhD (WFH VP Medical). Presenters Greig Blamey (Canada), WFH MSK Committee Chair; Cesar Haddad (Lebanon), WFH MSK Committee Junior Vice Chair; Pamela Narayan (India), physiotherapist and WFH volunteer, and Andrew Selvaggi (Australia), a person with hemophilia and a personal trainer; […]
Dental care for people with bleeding disorders during COVID-19— what has changed?
Listen to this 1-hour webinar presented on 3 June 2020, chaired by Glenn Pierce, MD, PhD (WFH VP Medical). Presenters Maria Elvira Pizzigatti Correa (Brazil), WFH Dental Committee member; Zikra Alkhayal (Saudi Arabia), WFH Dental Committee member; and Alison Dougall (Ireland), past Chair of the WFH Dental Committee offer recommendations on how to deal with […]
Stepping up and not stepping out: a nursing and psychosocial perspective to COVID-19
Listen to this 1-hour webinar presented on 4 May 2020, chaired by Glenn Pierce, MD, PhD (WFH VP Medical). Kate Khair (U.K.), WFH Nurses Committee chair and Marlène Beijlevelt (Netherlands), WFH Nurses Committee member, presented a nursing perspective on how to deal with the current pandemic. Ed Kuebler (U.S.A), WFH Psychosocial Committee chair and Richa […]
WFH Webinar: Treatment Options for Hemophilia in the Developing World
On December 16, 2016, the WFH in collaboration with the ISTH, recorded a live interactive webinar on the challenges and opportunities of treatment options for hemophilia in the developing world, now available for viewing here. Introduced by Marijke van den Berg, Rolf Ljung opened with a summary of the lessons learned from decades of experience […]