April 2022 Today marks more than 2.5 years on from giving my oral witness statement to the Infected Blood Public Inquiry. Sadly, we are still seeing a victim of this scandal die every ninety six hours, as the commitments made by the British government remain without action. In my closing statement I spoke from the heart and I […]
Read moreTAINTED BLOOD AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA’S WORST PUBLIC HEALTH SCANDAL Tainted blood has impacted thousands of Australians. Right up until the 1990’s patients were exposed to blood and blood products that were tainted by deadly viruses. Victims of this scandal include adults, children, pregnant women, haemophiliacs, the sick, the anaemic, accident victims, and those having had elective surgery, they have not been […]
Read moreOne gay man is uncovering the failures in hemophilia treatment Story by: Bobby Hristova | Illustration by: Jordan Mak Mark Ward has been fighting for his life since he was born. At three-months-old, doctors diagnosed him with severe hemophilia. At 14, he learned he was HIV positive. Then, Ward found out he had hepatitis C. Now, 49-years-old, the number of […]
Read moreHIV / AIDS News August Hunky Broadway star Hernando Umana: “I am a proud gay man living with HIV” It had been drilled in my head that gay people get HIV because of wrong doings and they deservingly die from it. Well I’m here to shut that sh*t down. There is NOTHING wrong with me and I am healthier […]
Read moreHAEMOPHILIA NEWS The purpose of this page is to provide news articles related to Haemophilia. The information contained on this page includes various items, for example: Developments of new clotting products, vaccination updates and haemophilia industry business along with other areas of this specialist field of medicine. Click on each link to read the News article: August Spark Therapeutics […]
Read moreOn the eve of meeting with Sir Brian Langstaff, chair of the public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal, I am proud to share my interview with Gretchen Hammond. A LONE VOICE FOR LGBTQ HEMOPHILIACS IGNORED BY ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS, LGBTQ HEMOPHILIACS HAVE AT LEAST ONE RESOURCE Mark Ward, Founder of Haemosexual & Haemosexual Australia Even as the LGBTQ community grows […]
Read morewww.facebook.com/groups/2219696857/ Taken from Facebook –The Ryan White Story – EVERYONE needs to know Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13 and gained international notoriety fighting for his right to attend school. In the process, he opened the hearts and minds of millions of people. During the time between his diagnosis in 1984 and his death in 1990, Ryan spoke out often and eloquently about […]
Read moreWe are looking to increase our programs and services for men with hemophilia 50 and over. If you know someone who fits that criteria, we hope you’ll pass this survey along so we can find out what is needed! NHF is conducting a survey that will help us better support our community members who are 50 years old or […]
Read moreUT Austin Engineers Develop First-Ever Capsule to Treat Hemophilia Bloggerr December 28, 2016 In center, Sarena Horava, the study’s lead author and a recent Ph.D. graduate from the Cockrell School of Engineering, helping high school students. Cockrell School of Engineering AUSTIN, Texas — In the near future, hemophiliacs could be able to treat their disease by simply swallowing a capsule. Thanks to a […]
Read moreABOUT THE HIV STORY PROJECT Founded in 2009, The HIV Story Project is a San Francisco based non-profit organization focused on bridging HIV/AIDS with film, media and storytelling to fight the spread of the pandemic and the global stigma associated with it. We create our own film and media projects in addition to offering production services and digital media consultation […]
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