The Sans Frontières project has taken us to Afghanistan and Zambia up till now, two developing countries: the first is shattered by war, the second by poverty and malnutrition. In both countries haemophiliacs are left to fend for themselves, given the conditions that the population has to endure. This is the reason that Fondazione Paracelso also works beyond the Italian borders, in order to give these persons treatment, support and a voice, also in collaboration with the World Federation of Haemophilia (WFH), a point of reference that also acts as a network for international collaboration programmes.
The project that the Paracelsus Foundation launched in 2009 has given Afghanistan facilities for the clinical and social assistance of haemophiliacs. Until 2016, 328 haemophiliacs have been diagnosed. To learn more and listen from the voices of those who actually went to Afghanistan, you can watch the video Afghanistan: a different story; for the several interviews with Andrea Buzzi and Flora Peyvandi, follow the links hereinafter: Also read the annex at the foot of the page, which you can download. This project was realised with the support of Novo Nordisk and the contribution of Sysmex Co. SANS FRONTIÈRES IN ZAMBIA: BESIDE THE INVISIBLE SUFFERERS After the project launched in 2009, which took us to Afghanistan, Sans frontières arrives in Africa. The country suggested by the World Federation of Haemophilia (WFH) is Zambia. Zambia has a population of 13 million. Based on the prevalence (the same worldwide) we expect 1300 patients with haemophilia and similar bleeding disorders. So far 70 have been diagnosed (august 2016). In August Flora Peyvandi, the Head of the Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Haemophilia Centre at Milan Polyclinic, a film operator and Andrea Buzzi left for Lusaka: an exploratory voyage, the beginning of the mission in Zambia to open the country's first haemophilia centre and set up a patients' association, applying for admission to the WFH, the only worldwide haemophilia cooperation organisation. To learn more, look at the video Invisibili, shot in Zambia in August 2013.
SANS FRONTIÈRES: AFGHANISTAN, A DIFFERENT STORY
The project was carried out with the support of Novo Nordisk.
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| Sans frontières in Zambia.pdf | [ ] | 201 Kb |
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