List of NNHF volunteers in 2023
In 2023, NNHF and its partners were able to count on 39 dedicated volunteers and 14 hosting institutions, from 20 countries.
They provided onsite or online training and education to healthcare professionals or patient organisations from 5 continents.
Thank you to each and every one who has volunteered to share their expertise with project partners and teams to advance haemophilia care in 2023.
| Expert Volunteer | Institution | Type of support | Country | Project | Involvement |
| Sebastien Lobet | Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels | Volunteer travelling | Belgium | Senegal 1 | Physitherapists from Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, Benin and Senegal trained in Dakar |
| Prof Toussaint Kpadonou | Clinique Universitaire de la medecine physique | Host institution | Benin | Mali | 2-week training for 2 physiotherapists from Mali |
| Prof Saliou Diop | CNTS Dakar | Host institution | Senegal | Togo 1 | Haematologist and paediatrician from Togo trained in CNTS Dakar |
| Prof Saliou Diop | CNTS Dakar | Host institution | Senegal | Benin 1 | 2-week training for lab techninicians and Nurse from Benin |
| Prof Saliou Diop | CNTS Dakar | Host institution | Senegal | Benin 1 | 2-week training for lab techninicians and Nurse from Benin |
| Deivis Pitty | Hopsital del Niño | Host institution | Panama | Mexico 8 | Physiotherapist from San Luis Potosí trained in Panama City |
| Pamela Narayan | Lakshmi Hospital and Research Centre | Volunteer travelling | India | India 13 | Physio training on kinesio taping |
| Dr Rungrote Natesirinilkul | Chiang Mai University | Volunteer travelling | Thailand | Thailand 6 | MSK training in Khon Kaen for North Eastern Thailand |
| Dr Cindy Bailey | Luskin Orthopaedic Institute for Children and Orthopaedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, L.A., US | Virtual support | US | India 13 | Physio training on kinesio taping |
| Prof Antonio Gavrilovski | Clinic for Orthopaedic Surgery | Host institution | Skopje, North Macedoni | Albania 1 | 3-week training for one surgeon |
| Dr Sonata Trakymiene | Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos | Host institution | Lithuania | Albania 1 | Training of one nurse and one psychologist |
| Dr Angelo Claudio Molinari | I.R.C.C.S. Giannina Gaslini Genoa | Host institution | Genoa, Italy | Albania 1 | 3-week training for one dentist |
| Dr Dunia Castillo | Instituto de Hematología e Inmunología | Volunteer travelling | Cuba | Nicaragua 1 | Supported the Nicaraguan team with creation of bleeding disorders care guidelines |
| Rachel Korir | Hospital Eldoret | Volunteer travelling | Kenya | Ethiopia 1 | Training of lab technicians at BLH |
| Dr Jecko Thachil | Manchester Royal Infirmary | Volunteer travelling | UK | Georgia 2 | Assessment of the new haemophilia treatment centre in Kutaisi and training of doctors and nurses |
| Dr Thachil | Manchester Royal Infirmary | Virtual support | UK | Azerbaijan 3 | Virtural training of dentists from Azerbaijan |
| Rachel Korir | Hospital Eldoret | Volunteer travelling | The Gambia | The Gambia 2 | Lab technicians training at EFSTH, Banjul |
| James Kago | KHA | Volunteer travelling | The Gambia | The Gambia 2 | Conducted an NMO training for patient organisations Sierra Leone, Liberia, The Gambia. |
| Dr Jerry Shem | KHA | Volunteer travelling | The Gambia | The Gambia 2 | Conducted an NMO training for patient organisations Sierra Leone, Liberia, The Gambia. |
| Sylvia Kathurima | KHA | Volunteer travelling | The Gambia | The Gambia 2 | Conducted an NMO training for patient organisations Sierra Leone, Liberia, The Gambia. |
| Fred Loeffler | Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center | Volunteer travelling | US | India 13 | POCUS training |
| Dr Brandon Hardesty | Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center | Volunteer travelling | US | India 13 | POCUS training |
| Prof Bulent Zulfikar | Istanbul Medi Care | Host institution | Turkey | Uzbekistan 5 | Training of 2 orthopaedists from Tashkent |
| Prof Nongnuch Sirachainan | Ramathibodi hospital | Host institution | Thailand | Thailand 6 | Training of 1 nurse and 1 physiotherapist from Srinagarind hospital and healthcare professionals training in Khon Kaen |
| Prof Nongnuch Sirachainan | Ramathibodi hospital | Volunteer travelling | Thailand | Thailand 6 | Lecture in Khon Kaen |
| Prof Pierre Fontana | Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève | Host institution | Switzerland | Madagascar 2 | Training of 2 haematologists and 1 nurse |
| Dr Guillermo Cambiaggi | Fundación de la Hemofilia de Buenos Aires/Hospital Juan Fernández | Volunteer travelling | Argentina | Argentina 6 | Semi-virtual training of more than 20 healthcare professionals from 4 provinces in Tucumán on haemophilia arthropathies |
| Nurse Anne-Louise Cruickshank | University of Cape Town | Host institution | South Africa | KE/TZ | 3 weeks training hosted for 1 nurse and 1 dentist |
| Dr Vernon Louw | University of Cape Town | Host institution | South Africa | KE/TZ | 3 weeks training hosted for 1 nurse and 1 dentist |
| Sulochana Badagabettu | Manipal College of Nursing Manipal | Host institution | India | Ghana 3 | 3 weeks training hosted for 2 nurses |
| Prof Johnny Mahlangu | Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital | Host institution | South Africa | KE/TZ | 3 weeks training hosted for 2 doctors |
| Prof Johnny Mahlangu | Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital | Host institution | South Africa | Ghana 3 | 3 weeks training hosted for 1 doctor and 2 nurses |
| Prof Johnny Mahlangu | Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital | Host institution | South Africa | Botswana 1 | 4 weeks training for 1 doctor and 1 nurse |
| Ezequiel Martínez | Federación de Hemofilia de la República Mexicana | Volunteer travelling | Mexico | Panama 3 | 1 week psychology training in Panama City for psychologists, parents and children |
| Ezequiel Martínez | Federación de Hemofilia de la República Mexicana | Volunteer travelling | Mexico | MX8 | 4-day psychology training at Hospital Morones Prieto in San Luis Potosí for families and healthcare professionals |
| Dr Daniela Neme | Fundación de la Hemofilia de Buenos Aires/Hospital Juan Fernández | Host institution | Argentina | Honduras 2 | 1 month training for 1 haematologist |
| Dr Lina del Río | Fundación de la Hemofilia de Buenos Aires/Hospital Juan Fernández | Host institution | Argentina | Honduras 2 | 1 month training for 1 haematologist |
| Carla Daffunchio | Fundación de la Hemofilia de Buenos Aires/Hospital Juan Fernández | Host institution | Argentina | Panama 3 | 2-week training for 1 adult physiotherapist |
| Premroop Alva | Hemophilia Federation India | Host institution | India | Nepal 3 | 4 members of NHS attending a workshop with HFI |
| Santosh Manivannan | Hemophilia Federation India | Host institution | India | Nepal 3 | 4 members of NHS attending a workshop with HFI |
| Prof Marius Coetzee | University of the Free State, Bloemfontein | Volunteer travelling | South Africa | Sierra Leone 1 | Haematologist and lab expert travelling to Freetown for a follow-up training |
| Dr Jean Kloppers | University of the Free State, Bloemfontein | Volunteer travelling | South Africa | Sierra Leone 1 | Haematologist and lab expert travelling to Freetown for a follow-up training |
| Dr Petrina Wood | Manchester Royal Infirmary | Virtual support | UK | Azerbaijan 3 | Virtural training of dentists from Azerbaijan |
| Prof Toussaint Kpadonou | Clinique Universitaire de la medecine physique | Host institution | Benin | MG2 | 1-month training for 1 physiotherapist from Madagascar |
| Karla Ivonne González Hernández | Hopsital ISSEMyM Toluca | Volunteer travelling | Mexico | MX8 | 2 lab experts travelling to San Luis Potosí for a 1-week follow-up lab training at Hospital Morones Prieto |
| Zuleima Zarate Álvarez | Hopsital ISSEMyM Toluca | Volunteer travelling | Mexico | MX8 | 2 lab experts travelling to San Luis Potosí for a 1-week follow-up lab training at Hospital Morones Prieto |
