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NNHF Community Award 2022: Recognising an inspirational leader and patient advocate in Honduras

Maria del Carmen Agurcia made a major impact on improving haemophilia care in Honduras The recipient of the Novo Nordisk Haemophilia Foundation (NNHF) Community Award 2022 is Maria del Carmen Agurcia, President of the Honduran Haemophilia Society (Sociedad Hondureña de Hemofilia – SHH) from 2000 to 2013. She played a key role in strengthening this…

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Making progress towards multidisciplinary care in Bolivia

Cochabamba is located in the Valle region of central Bolivia, a country with a comparatively low diagnosis rate for haemophilia: only 13%. That may soon improve thanks to the team from the Asociación Cochabambina de Hemofilia working on the second project supported by the Novo Nordisk Haemophilia Foundation (NNHF) in Bolivia. The project aims to…

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Dr Tulika Seth elected as NNHF Council Member

Dr Seth brings deep expertise, strong leadership and knowledge of India’s complex healthcare system We are pleased to announce the election of Dr Tulika Seth as a new member of the Novo Nordisk Haemophilia Foundation Council. Dr Seth was elected at the Foundation Council meeting held bot in Montreal and remotely on 12 May 2022.…

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Joining together for World Sickle Cell Day to improve blood disorders diagnosis and care

Sickle cell disease (SCD) and haemophilia are two different types of inherited blood disorders. A drive to accelerate access to diagnosis and care for both conditions is leading the Novo Nordisk Haemophilia Foundation (NNHF) to join forces with key partners like the Fondation Pierre Fabre and the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Since 2020, the NNHF has…

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Artificial intelligence to improve quality of life for people with haemophilia in Africa

Can artificial intelligence power digital solutions to support people living with haemophilia in low-resource regions? That is the question that led molecular biochemist, virologist and PhD candidate Awa Babington-Ashaye to propose the development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot for haemophilia in several African countries. The innovative NNHF-supported project was approved for funding in April…

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Joining forces for better diagnosis and care of blood disorders in Burkina Faso

We are delighted to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Fondation Pierre Fabre (FPF) and the Novo Nordisk Haemophilia Foundation (NNHF) to jointly improve diagnosis and care of blood disorders in Burkina Faso. According to the terms of the agreement, the two foundations will collaborate on programmes focusing on sickle cell…

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Kenya and Tanzania: A year of advancing care for haemophilia and sickle cell disease

Project partners mark one year of accelerating access to blood disorders care in Kenya and Tanzania with four days of meetings and a resolution for achieving greater impact together. How is care funded? How can we secure the supply of medicines for people with haemophilia? What are the gaps in treating blood disorders in Kenya…

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Year in review 2021

An important learning from the ongoing pandemic has been how much further we can go by joining forces. For the Novo Nordisk Haemophilia Foundation (NNHF) and its partners, the unprecedented circumstances of the past two years have driven us to seek new ways of reaching people on our journey to improving the care and treatment of bleeding disorders around…

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Year in Review

2021: a year of progress through partnerships

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Year in Review

2021: a year of progress through partnerships

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Since 2005, we have supported haemophilia programmes in developing countries all across the world, showing that small actions lead to big change when people team up and work towards a shared goal.

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NNHF Community Award 2020: Building partnerships in Pakistan

Congratulations to Mr Masood Fareed Malik, haemophilia patient advocate…
Successful haemophilia advocacy plan: interview with the Nepal Hemophilia Society

After years of advocacy efforts, a major breakthrough happened…
Kenya 4 project: Joining together for better care of blood disorders

Lea Kilenga was diagnosed with sickle cell anaemia at…
New projects approved

The NNHF Council approved 7 new projects at its…
Covid-19: Unprecedented challenges led to unprecedented initiatives in the haemophilia community

The coronavirus pandemic has confronted the world with an…
Nabila Hussenii (India): Rare, extraordinary, strong

Do you know a synonym for rare is ‘extraordinary’?…

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