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Cameroon: Patients Commemorate World Haemophilia Day
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Cameroon Tribune (Yaoundé)
18 April 2008
Posted to the web 18 April 2008
The day was celebrated yesterday with focus on those with blood disorder.
Haemophilia organisations around the world celebrated the World Haemophilia Day yesterday with a wide range of activities, events, and campaigns to promote and improve treatment and care for people suffering from Haemophilia. This year's theme of celebration is "Count Me In". The theme focuses on registering and identifying all those with bleeding disorders in the world.
In Cameroon, the Association for Haemophilia launched a series of activities to commemorate the day. There was a conference at the University Teaching Hospital in Yaounde during which specialists in blood disorders presented the disease, how it manifests, possibilities of control and useful tips to be observed by those suffering from the disease. Open door activities also took place at the hospital. The over 70 people who are suffering from haemophilia in Cameroon also carried out sensitisation campaigns though media houses about the disease. Specialists say haemophilia is a hereditary bleeding disorder that prevents blood from clotting properly. Being a genetic disorder, it lasts a whole lifetime. People with haemophilia lack a protein in the blood that controls bleeding. Common symptom of the disease is prolonged bleeding after an injury, tooth removal, surgery or an accident. Other serious symptoms involve internal uncontrolled bleeding and sudden bleeding inside the body without a specific reason.
World Haemophilia Day started in 1989. The World Federation of Haemophilia (WFH) chose 17 April in honour of WFH founder, Frank Schnabel, who was born on that day. It is a day to remember and reflect on the contributions of people like Frank Schnabel who dedicated themselves to take care of people with haemophilia. It is also a time for people to re-commit themselves to continuing the fight to improve the quality of life of people wit haemophilia around the world.
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