Pakistan 2 project
Education of persons with haemophilia and their families in Pakistan
Partner institution
Pakistan Haemophilia Patients Welfare (PHPW), Islamabad
Represented by
Dr Tahira Zafar, Consultant Haematologist, Director Haemophilia & Thalassaemia Center
Duration
5 years, Q1 2008 – Q2 2013
Status
Completed
Objectives
- Education for people with haemophilia – development of educational material in Urdu for patient education
- Disease awareness at authority level
Achievements
- Six workshops with 735 participants including government officials and media representatives
- Reaching 150 people with haemophilia and family members, 24 physicians, 10 nurses, 12 government officials and 16 media representatives
- 6 educational booklets developed in Urdu – 2,000 copies of each printed and about a quarter distributed
