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Today is World Hemophilia Day 2024!

Today is April 17, 2024—World Hemophilia Day! The theme of the event this year is “Equitable access for all: recognizing all bleeding disorders”. The World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) vision of Treatment for All is for a world where all people with inherited bleeding disorders have access to care, regardless of their type of bleeding disorder, gender, age, or where they live. Today, let’s celebrate our community and continue working towards a world where everyone—with hemophilia A or B, von Willebrand disease (VWD) or any other bleeding disorder—has access to diagnosis, treatment, and comprehensive care.

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At one time, when one said, “bleeding disorder”, people heard “male with hemophilia”. In the last few years, the world has started seeing that a bleeding disorder means much more. It’s hemophilia A and B, von Willebrand disease (VWD), and other conditions. It’s men, boys, women and girls. It’s the parents and the friends who support the person with a bleeding disorder. In short, ‘bleeding disorder’ means community—a community that deserves recognition, and one that needs our support. Please join us on April 17 to show the world that you care about equitable access for all.

—Cesar Garrido, WFH President

There are many ways you can bring attention to hemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders on World Hemophilia Day. We have a vast resource of material available that you can download for free:

  • Poster
  • Website banner
  • Email signature graphic
  • “How to get involved” one-pager
  • “Light it up Red” sample letter
  • Advocacy toolkit detailing more ways to get involved
  • Government petition one-pager with sample letter
  • Social media cover photos and graphics
  • Zoom background
  • And more!

Whether you are a person with a bleeding disorder, a national member organization (NMO), or a healthcare professional, here are just a few things you can do to get started:

  • Get social by posting about inherited bleeding disorders on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. Click here for sample posts and more.  
  • Organize an event, host a community event, webinar, forum or town hall and invite elected officials to learn more about your work first-hand and to meet with the community
  • Participate in the World Hemophilia Day Light it Up Red campaign. Last year, thousands of people worldwide showed their support—while respecting local COVID-19 requirements—by lighting up 150+ landmarks red in cities across the world
  • Support our global advocacy efforts by becoming a WFH Global Champion
  • Share your story—or a video!—about how you or someone you know has been affected by inherited bleeding disorders, and read the stories of others on our World Hemophilia Day site
  • Take action locally and use WFH World Hemophilia Day materials to send a letter to your local policymakers, set up meetings with elected officials and health ministers and engage with the local media
  • Contact your local national member organization (NMO), to find out how you can support them
  • Download resources like posters and social media banners from wfh.org/whd to help build your World Hemophilia Day campaign
  • Send pictures, comments, or questions to the WFH at [email protected]

To learn more about World Hemophilia Day, please click here.

The WFH would like to thank our 2024 World Hemophilia Day sponsors for their continued support: Bayer, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Biotest, CSL Behring, F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., GC Pharma, Grifols, Kedrion, LFB S.A, Novo Nordisk, Octapharma, Pfizer, Sanofi, Sobi, Spark Therapeutics, and Takeda.

We’ve accomplished a lot this year, we need your help to continue strong.

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While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information on this site, the WFH does not guarantee the information is accurate, and is not responsible in any way whatsoever for damages arising out of the use of this website or any of the information contained herein.

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The WFH has been made aware of various correspondences—circulated via e-mail and telephone—coming from individuals impersonating WFH staff or falsely stating that they are associated with the WFH. These correspondences, which may seek to obtain money using the name of someone affiliated with the WFH, are fraudulent and come from outside of our organization.

If you receive a suspicious solicitation, exercise extreme caution. In the case of an email, look at the email address to see if it looks suspicious (for example, all WFH emails come from @wfh.org).

We are asking you to remain vigilant, and if you have any doubts about the correspondence, please forward the email to the WFH at [email protected] or call +1 514-875-7944.