The next EHC Conference on Women and Bleeding Disorders will take place on 28-30 May 2021 in Basel, Switzerland. More information about this conference will come in late 2020. To keep updated with our news and events, sign-up for our mailing list

EHC Webinar on the Management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

EHC Webinar on the Place of Women in Haemophilia Comprehensive Care

Thursday 28 May from 13.00 to 14.30 hrs CEST

EHC Online Webinar on the Management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

This webinar will look at:

  • The basics: ‘How do periods change from adolescence to menopause?’
  • What does a normal menstrual cycle look like and how it is impacted by issues in coagulation?
  • Case-studies on how to manage your periods in different situations including:
    • Getting a teenager ready for her first period.
    • Managing heavy menstrual bleeding – what are the options?
    • Planning to get pregnant – how do you stop contraception and manage your periods.
    • Reaching menopause – what to expect and how to manage it?

Friday 29 May from 10.00 to 11.30 hrs CEST

EHC Online Webinar on the Place of Women in Haemophilia Comprehensive Care

This webinar will look at:

  • What is comprehensive care and why it is important in rare bleeding disorders?
  • What are some of the issues faced by women to access comprehensive care services? – Discussion between a clinician and patient.
  • Case studies on initiatives that have worked and have helped to better include women in CCC?
    • Strong WBD committee and cooperation with clinicians,
    • EAHAD survey – Highlight some of the structural barriers,
    • Joint clinics – how does it work?

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS and MODERATORS

Rezan Abdul-Kadir, Consultant Gynaecologist, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Yannick Collé, Member, EHC Women and Bleeding Disorders Committee, France

Michelle Lavin, Clinical Lead for coagulation haematology research in Irish Centre for Vascular Biology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Diana Lighezan, Member, EHC Women and Bleeding Disorders Committee

Declan Noone, President, EHC, Ireland

Debra Pollard, Lead Nurse Specialist, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Naja Skouw-Rasmussen, Member, EHC Steering Committee, Denmark

Malin Svennefalk, Nurse, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Karin Van Galen, Consultant Haematologist, Van Kreveldkliniek, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands

Thynn Thynn Yee, Associate Specialist, Katherine Dormandy Haemophilia Centre, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

The EHC Women and Bleeding Disorders webinars are made possible thanks to the support of the following sponsors: