Canadian Hemophilia Society Meeting the challenge

AwarenessProper care following an accuratediagnosis is certainly one of theCHS' most important goals.TO ACHIEVE OPTIMAL COMPREHENSIVE CARE for all people withinherited bleeding disorders, awareness initiatives need to beundertaken at two levels: the health care providers who may comeinto contact with people with inherited bleeding disorders, and thegeneral population.In 2011, the CHS has worked hardto increase awareness:▪In April, World Hemophilia Day was the perfect occasion toraise public awareness. Activities were held across the countryto reach out and educate people potentially suffering from ableeding disorder.Canadian Hemophilia Society▪▪The new CHS awareness program, CODErouge | WHEN WOMEN BLEED TOO MUCHwas developed to increase awareness and knowledge among women andhealth care providers about symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of bleedingdisorders such as von Willebrand disease.To increase awareness and knowledge among family physicians and gynaecologists about symptoms, diagnosisand treatment of von Willebrand disease (VWD), we participated as exhibitors at the Primary Care Conference inToronto and the Family Medicine Forum in Montreal targeting approximately 4,000 family physicians.12R A I S E A W A R E N E S S A M O N G P E O P L E W I T H I N H E R I T E D B L E E D I N G D I S O R D E R S,T H E I R I M M E D I A T E C O M M U N I T I E S A N D H E A L T H C A R E P R O V I D E R S.