Latest News
Central newsletter August & September 2011
The latest Central newsletter is available for download here.
Welcome to the South African Haemophilia Foundation
These web pages are part of our commitment to promote the welfare of all persons with haemophilia and similar conditions in South Africa and elsewhere. We hope it will help provide a better understanding of this inherited, lifelong bleeding disorder which affects males almost exclusively.
We welcome your comments. Please contact the Haemophilia Foundation by e-mail, or write to us at P O Box 172, Plumstead, Cape Town, 7801, South Africa.
You can also find out more about the World Federation of Haemophilia here.
Cadiz Steenberg Classic Golf week
SA Haemophilia Foundation Western Cape was a beneficiary of the Cadiz Steenberg Classic Golf week in 2010. This donation enabled SAHF to purchase 4 motorised wheelchairs and 2 standard wheelchairs for use by PWH and persons with bleeding disorders....
Continue Reading
Come play the Hemoaction Adventure Game
The HemoAction games were developed to help children learn about hemophilia in a fun, easy to understand, and interactive way. They can also be used by parents, nurses, and other healthcare providers to reinforce key concepts about the disease and its management. Children will also learn not to fear treatment by infusion and gain confidence and self-worth through educational play.
Launch gameGauteng NNHF Haemophilia Camp – 14 to 16 Jan 2011
Reflections by Tony Roberts (PwH, SAHF member and WFH Psychosocial committee member)
The heavy downpour of predicted rain could not dampen the spirits of 19 young men who arrived at the Happy Acres Camp, in Magaliesburg, South Africa, for a weekend of learning through activities. From the start we could sense that this was going to be a weekend to remember and cherish for a long time. We were not disappointed.
Continue ReadingWorld Haemophilia Day 2011
World Haemophilia Day is celebrated annually on April 17. As part of SAHF celebrations in Western Cape this year a picnic was organized at Mnandi Beach on Saturday 16 April.
Continue ReadingFear of the unknown – A life story of a mother having a son with haemophilia
Fear of the unknown is pretty common. Having a child with haemophilia can make it a daily part of life. With our first child, Samantha, there were no bumps in the road. When Lucas was born two years later, it seemed that everything was fine as well. But only two days later, after a routine procedure caused an unusual amount of bleeding. Lucas was diagnosed with haemophilia.
Continue ReadingWomens Group: 11 June
Two very successful meetings of the group were held - on 15 January, at which Sr Cruickshank was the speaker, and on 26 March when Tony Roberts spoke on Positive Discipline in Haemophilia.
Continue ReadingRock Leadership Training Camp : 14-16 October 2011
A camp will be held in Cape Town from Friday 14 to Sunday 16 October at the NGK camp site, Noordhoek Village.
Continue ReadingWFH Multidisciplinary Symposium : 25-26 November 2011
This symposium will be held in Johannesburg following the MASAC meeting taking place on 24 November, venue Protea Hotel OR Tambo, Johannesburg.
Continue Reading