The WFH Twinning Program creates short-term collaborative partnerships between medical professionals and patient and youth leaders in emerging and established countries for a period of two to four years. Hemophilia treatment centres, patient organizations and youth groups can participate in this program, helping improve treatment and care for people living with an inherited bleeding disorder in developing countries.
Over more than 20 years, the WFH Twinning Program has established 265 partnerships across 119 countries: 97 hemophilia organizations, 162 hemophilia treatment centres and 5 youth group twinning partnerships.
Over the lifespan of the program, twinning partnerships have improved diagnosis and treatment, enriched the knowledge of HCPs caring for patients with bleeding disorders, enhanced outreach initiatives, facilitated resource sharing, increased government support for bleeding disorders through advocacy initiatives, and strengthened patient organizations through capability building.
The Hemophilia Treatment Centre (HTC) Twinning partners emerging HTCs with established ones for a maximum of four years to help improve diagnosis and provide care and treatment for people with hemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders.
The Hemophilia Organization Twinning (HOT) partners emerging and established hemophilia patient organizations for a maximum of four years to share knowledge and skills in areas such as patient education, outreach, fundraising, and the other aspects of operating a successful hemophilia patient organization.
The Youth Group Twinning partners NMO youth groups from around the world in formal, two-year partnerships with the goal of helping to improve and strengthen youth leadership in emerging countries to prepare the next generation of leaders.
The WFH provides support to twinning partners (treatment centres, organizations, and youth groups) during the lifespan of their partnership by:
For more information on the WFH Twinning Program, contact the WFH at [email protected].
The WFH is happy to announce the 2021 Twins of the Year! The 2021 Hemophilia Organization Twinning (HOT) Program Twins of the Year are Palestine-Venezuela, and the 2021 Hemophilia Treatment Centre Twinning (HTC) Program Twins of the Year award is shared by Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)-Minneapolis (U.S.A) and Tehran (Iran)-Milan (Italy).
The World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) Twinning Program creates collaborative partnerships between hemophilia treatment centres (HTCs), patient organizations and their youth groups to help improve treatment and care for people living with an inherited bleeding disorder around the world.
The following is the final article in a 3-part series about the transformation that has taken place for the bleeding disorders community in Nigeria, thanks to the WFH and our supporters.
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Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Centre
Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Malmö Centre for Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Department for Hematology and Coagulation Disorders, Skåne University Hospital
Skåne University Hospital
Hospital Universitario La Paz
Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit
Haematology Service, University and Polytechnic Hospital
Haemophilia Comprehensive Care Centre
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Singapore General Hospital Haemophilia Treatment Clinic
Centre International de Traitement de l’Hémophilie (CITH) de Dakar
Centre National de Transfusion Sanguin (CNTS)
National Medical Research Center of Hematology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
Van Creveldkliniek
University Medical Centre Utrecht
Nara Hemophilia Centre
Nara Medical University
National Hemophilia Center, Tel Hashomer
Sheba Medical Center
Katharine Dormandy Haemophilia Centre and Thrombosis Unit
Royal Free Hospital
Manchester Haemophilia Comprehensive Care Centre (Children’s and Adult’s)
Manchester Royal Infirmary and Manchester Children’s Hospital
Oxford Haemophilia Centre and Thrombosis Centre
Churchill Hospital
Sheffield Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
National Institute of Immunohaematology (ICMR) and KEM Hospital
Christian Medical College, Vellore
Paris Haemophilia Centre (Necker (N) and Kremlin Bicetre (KB) Hospitals)
Shabrawishi Hospital, Egyptian Society of Hemophilia, and Cairo University
University of Toronto Hemophilia Centres
St. Michael’s Hospital
Hemocentro – “Unidade de Hemofilia Cláudio Luiz Pizzigatti Corrêa”
Hemocentro Unicamp, University of Campinas
Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit
Division of Haematology
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc
Hemofiliecentrum Leuven, University of Leuven
Medical University of Vienna
Department of Medicine I
Clinical Division of Hematology and Hemostaseology
Ronald Sawers Haemophilia Centre
Instituto Asistencial “Dr. Alfredo Pavlovsky”
(Fundación de la Hemofilia)
Instituto De Investigaciones Hematológicas “Dr. Mariano R. Castex” (IIHEMA
(Academia Nacional de Medicina)
International Hemophilia Training Center – Bangkok
Ramathibodi Hospital
Mahidol University
University of North Carolina Hemophilia & Thrombosis Center
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Gulf States Hemophilia and Thrombophilia Center
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Orthopaedic Hemophilia Treatment Center
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Mayo (Rochester) Comprehensive Hemophilia Center, and International Hemophilia Training Center (WFH)
Mayo Clinic/Foundation and Mayo Medical School
Hemophilia & Thrombosis Treatment Center
University of California San Diego
| 2012 | Christine Lee United Kingdom |
| 2006 | Dr. Bruce Evatt United States |
Recognizing that training women leaders ensures the diversity our community need to thrive; the Hemophilia Alliance has been a longtime supporter of the Susan Skinner Memorial Fund. They deepened their engagement with the global community through the establishment of the Travel Grant Program, which allows US-based multidisciplinary healthcare professionals the opportunity to attend WFH global training workshops. The wealth of experience and perspective attendees bring back home to their communities helps patients across the country. Their patience and support as we grappled with changing norms in these challenging times gave us the flexibility to meet our community’s needs with revamped programming.
Hemophilia of Georgia has stood with us for over three decades, playing an early role in distributing donated factor via the WFH Humanitarian Aid program. Our relationship has deepened over the years as they continued to support this program and came on board as a founding Chapter Challenge champion in 2016. Their belief in educating future leaders is clear in their investment in the Youth Leadership Workshops, which has led to the training of over 50 young adults. They also support workshops devoted to educating providers and patient leaders on how to collect and use data to advocate for better patient care. Their staff generously volunteer their time as trainers and as well as serving on various committees.
The National Hemophilia Foundation helps advance our mission on several fronts. They inspire others to follow their lead as a founding champion of the NHF Chapter Challenge. Their commitment to equality of access is demonstrated in their support of the Cornerstone Initiative, which lays the foundation for care in the world's most underserved regions, as well as programs that aim to raise awareness and improve care of women with bleeding disorders and those with von Willebrand disease. We also benefit from their steadfast engagement with various programs including the WFH Twinning Program and their individual leaders’ contribution to our leadership and committees.
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The information on the WFH USA website is provided for general information purposes only. The WFH USA does not engage in the practice of medicine and under no circumstances recommends particular treatment for specific individuals. For diagnosis or consultation on a specific medical problem, the WFH USA recommends that you contact your physician or local treatment centre. Before administering any products, the WFH USA urges patients to check dosages with a physician or hemophilia centre staff, and to consult the pharmaceutical company’s printed instructions.
While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information on this site, the WFH USA 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.
Messages posted to WFH USA discussion forums, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms do not represent the opinions of the World Federation of Hemophilia, its staff, or Board of Directors. The author of a message is solely responsibility for its content. Information posted on WFH USA social networks and platforms should never be a substitute for individualized professional medical advice, even when the author has medical qualifications or is considered an authority. Information posted to a discussion group should not be used to diagnose or treat a specific health problem without consulting a qualified healthcare professional. The WFH USA recommends that you contact your physician or local treatment centre if you have any individual questions or concerns.
References and links to other websites or references to other organizations, products, services, or publications do not constitute endorsement or approval by the WFH USA. The WFH USA is not responsible and assumes no liability for the content of any linked websites.
The WFH USA does not collect personally identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us. Providing such information is strictly voluntary. This policy is your guide to how we will handle information we learn about you from your visit to our website.
Throughout our website, we provide links to other servers which may contain information of interest to our readers. We take no responsibility for, and exercise no control over, the organizations, views, or accuracy of the information contained on other servers. When linking to the WFH USA, we request that you ensure that there are no associated connections for commercial purposes. Any official use of the name WFH USA or the use of its logo needs to be approved by the WFH USA. If you have a link you’d like us to consider adding to our website, please send an email to [email protected] with the subject “Link request.”
All information, photographs, graphics, and other material on this website are protected by copyright. While users of this website may use the content for personal, non-commercial use, none of the content of this website can be modified, translated, transferred or sold, copied, reproduced, published, or distributed, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the WFH USA. To view a copy of the WFH USA’s permissions guidelines, click here.
The WFH USA encourages the dissemination of its information and welcomes proposals on the reprinting, redistribution, and translation of its materials. If you would like to publish information that you find on our website, please send your request to [email protected].
If you have suggestions on how to make the site more accessible, please contact us at [email protected].
Our website provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us through a special online form or via the communication they have received. You may, at all times, choose to receive which communications within the organization you can receive or none at all. You may also update your contact information previously provided to us via another online form.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, you can contact us at [email protected].
The WFH USA has been made aware of various correspondences—circulated via e-mail and telephone—coming from individuals impersonating WFH USA staff or falsely stating that they are associated with the WFH USA. These correspondences, which may seek to obtain money using the name of someone affiliated with the WFH USA, 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 USA emails come from @wfhusa.org or @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 USA at [email protected] or call 1-877-417-7944.
The WBDR Minimal Data Set (MDS) is a set of data on demographics, diagnosis, symptoms and treatment which are collected on patients participating in the WBDR.
The WBDR Extended Data Set (EDS) is a larger set of data, with more details than the MDS, which includes questions on patient demographics, diagnosis, symptoms, treatment and burden of disease. The EDS can be used by hemophilia treatment centers to collect data on patients participating in the WBDR. The WBDR Extended Data Set (EDS), was added to the database in March 2019.
| 2012 | Piet de Kleijn The Netherlands |
| 2010 | Dr. Mammen Chandy India |
| 2008 | Dr. Man-Chiu Poon Canada |
| 2006 | Dr. Norma de Bosch Venezuela |
| 2004 | Dr. Parttraporn Insarangkura Thailand Dr. Carol K. Kasper United States |
| 2020 | Aluva (India) – Newcastle (UK) |
| 2019 | Yogyakarta / Solo (Indonesia) – Utrecht (Netherlands) |
| 2018 | Abidjan (Ivory Coast) – Brussels (Belgium) |
| 2017 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) – Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
| 2016 | Kampala (Uganda) – London (UK) |
| 2015 | Varna (Bulgaria) – Bonn (Germany) |
| 2014 | Arequipa (Peru) – Los Angeles (USA) |
| 2013 | Davangere (India) – Liverpool (UK) Ludhiana (India) – Detroit (USA) |
| 2012 | Hanoi (Vietnam) – Melbourne (Australia) |
| 2011 | Manado (Indonesia) – Utrecht (Netherlands) |
| 2010 | Delhi (India) – Winnipeg (Canada) Yaoundé (Cameroon) – Geneva (Switzerland) |
| 2009 | Chisinau (Moldova) – Warsaw (Poland) Colombo (Sri Lanka) – Vellore (India) |
| 2008 | Gaborone (Botswana) – Philadelphia (USA) |
| 2007 | Vientiane (Laos) – Brest (France) Damascus (Syria) – Montpellier (France) |
| 2006 | Lima (Peru) – Fort Worth (USA) |
| 2005 | Yerevan (Armenia) – Minneapolis (USA) Casablanca (Morocco) – Caen (France) |
| 2004 | Beirut (Lebanon) – Geneva (Switzerland) Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) – Caracas (Venezuela) |
| 2003 | Cairo (Egypt) – Knoxville (USA) |
| 2002 | Moscow (Russia) – Liverpool (UK) Panama – Valencia (Spain) |
| 2001 | Bangalore (India) – St. Louis (USA) |
| 2000 | Pune (India) – Bradford (UK) |
| 1999 | Montevideo (Uruguay) – Buenos Aires (Argentina) Tianjin (China) – Calgary (Canada) |
| 1998 | Plovdiv (Bulgaria) – Bonn (Germany) |
| 1997 | Bogota (Colombia) – Los Angeles (USA) Tartu (Estonia) – Stockholm (Sweden) |
| 1996 | Timisoara (Romania) – Munich (Germany) Riga (Latvia) – Munster (Germany) |
| 1995 | Klaipeda (Lithuania) – Malmo (Sweden) |
| 1994 | Bratislava (Slovakia) – Tel Hashomer (Israel) |
| 2021 | Axel Seuser Germany |
| 2019 | Dr. Adolfo Llinás Colombia |
| 2017 | Pamela Hilliard Canada |
| 2015 | Kathy Mulder Canada |
| 2013 | James Luck United States |
| 2012 | Piet de Kleijn The Netherlands |
| 2011 | Dr. Lily Heijnen The Netherlands |
| 2010 | Dr. Horacio Caviglia Argentina |
| 2009 | Jerome D. Wiedel United States |
| 2008 | Dr. Federico Fernández-Palazzi Venezuela |
| 2007 | Michael Heim Israel |
| 2006 | Brenda Buzzard United Kingdom |
| 2005 | Dr. Marvin Gilbert United States |
| 2021 | Baolai Hua Yangzhou College, Xuzhou Medical University |
The effects of intra-articular injection of TNF-alpha Antagonists in treatment of haemophilic synovitis |
| 2019 | Maarten Eerdekens Belgium |
Association between multi-segment foot kinetics and blood induced joint damage in adult patients with hemophilic ankle arthropathy |
| 2017 | Fabio Souza Brazil |
Decrease in joint inflammation, swelling and pain after a swimming protocol in animal model of experimental-induced hemarthrosis |
| 2015 | SM Javd Mortazavi Iran |
Bilateral total knee arthroplasty in patients with hemophilia: A safe and cost-effective procedure |
| 2013 | Lize F.D. van Vulpen United States |
A fusion protein of IL4 and IL10, is equally effective in protecting cartilage from blood-induced damage compared to the individual components |
| 2012 | Horacio Caviglia Argentina |
Pseudotumor Surgery in Haemophilia A patients: Comparitive results between inhibitor and non-inhibitor patients |
| 2011 | Nick Goddard United Kingdom and Monique van Meegeren The Netherlands |
Early onset administration of IL-4 and IL-10 prevents blood-induced cartilage damage in vitro |
| 2010 | Lydia Abad-Franch Spain |
Influence of an Aquatic Training Protocol on the Reduced Risk of Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in a Hemophiliac |
| 2009 | Sebastien Lobet Belgium |
Impact of Hemophilia Ankle Arthropathy on Gait Disability: Analysis of Energetic and Mechanical Variables |
| 2008 | Jose Alberto Tlacuilo-Parra Mexico |
Bone Turnover Markers and Bone Mineral Density in Children with Hemophilia |
| 2007 | Natalie Jansen The Netherlands |
Protective Abilities of Interleukin-10 in Blood-induced Cartilage Damage |
| 2006 | Axel Seuser and E. Kusch Germany |
Multi-Center Study of Orthopedic Outcome of the Lower Extremities in 249 Children with Hemophilia |
| 2005 | Frank van Genderen, Nico van Meeteren, Lily Heijnen, Piet de Kleijn, Marijke van den Berg, Paul Helders The Netherlands |
The Hemophilia Activities List: Final development and validation of a hemophilic-specific self-assessment questionnaire on functional abilities |
| 2004 | Goris Roosendaal, Zalima N Jahangier, Kim MG Jacobs, Johannes WJ Bijlsma, Floris PJG Lafeber The Netherlands |
Radiosynoviorthesis using YTTRIUM-90 results in adverse direct effects on cartilage: a human in vitro study |
| 2003 | Axel Seuser, Thomas Wallny, Günter Schumpe, Elmar Trunz, Hans-Hermann Brackman Germany |
How to advise young haemophiliacs to find the right sport? A new and safe algorithm |
| 2002 | James Luck, Jr. and Mauricio Silva United States |
Long-Term Review of Total Knee Arthroplasty |
| 2001 | Federico Fernández-Palazzi Venezuela |
Oxytetracycline Chlorohydrate: A new material for chemical synovial orthoses |
| 2000 | Horacio Caviglia Argentina |
Pseudotumours |
| 1999 | William J. Ribbans and J.L. Hicks United Kingdom |
Communication and Co-operation for the New Millennium – The Future of the Musculoskeletal Committee in the 21st Century |
| 1998 | Adolfo Llinas, Mauricio Silva, Monica Duarte, Gonzalo Ucros, Graciela Perini, Angela Maria Cerquera, Andres Forero Colombia |
Chromic phosphate synoviorthesis without age restriction should be the first treatment option for chronic active hemophilic synovitis |
| 2012 | Martha Patricia Monteros Rincon Mexico |
| 2010 | Antonia Luque de Garrido Venezuela |
| 2008 | Jean Michel Bouchez France |
| 2006 | Yuri Zhulyov Russia |
| 2004 | Ashok Verma India |
The outcomes of interest collected in the WBDR include demographic characteristics, clinical and treatment-related outcomes, burden of disease outcomes, and quality of life. The quality of life scale, EQ-5D-5L, is part of the WBDR extended data set. It is available in more than 130 languages and in different modes of administration.
If you would like a different language, please email us at [email protected].
Amharic
Arabic (Algeria, Morocco, UAE)
English (Ghana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, and the Philippines)
French (Algeria, Belgium, and Morocco)
Hungarian
Malayalam
Nepali
Punjabi
Russian (Ukraine)
Serbian
Spanish (Argentina, Panama, Spain, and the U.S.A)
Swahili
Tagalog
Thai
Twi
Ukrainian
Urdu
Vietnamese
For more information, please visit: euroqol.org/eq-5d-instruments/eq-5d-5l-about.
The outcomes of interest collected by the WBDR include demographic characteristics, clinical and treatment-related outcomes, burden of disease outcomes, and patient-reported outcomes.
The WBDR includes five functional scales as part of its extended data set:
The WFH was established in 1963 by Frank Schnabel, a Canadian businessman born with severe hemophilia A. He believed that patient organizations could be much more effective—and do more to represent the interests of people living with bleeding disorders—if they worked together. The first WFH Congress was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 25, 1963, and was attended by representatives from 12 countries. Now, the WFH and our global network of national member organizations (NMOs) represent the interests of people with hemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders in 147 nations.
