Odimmegwa Johnpeter/Abuja
Haemophilia is a rare inherited blood condition that prevents proper clotting. As a result, injuries or cuts take longer to stop bleeding, and patients may experience sudden bleeds in muscles or joints without any obvious cause.
To make matters worse, only three per cent of people living with bleeding disorders have been diagnosed properly, creating loopholes for myths, superstitions, and stigma to compound the lives of people living with Haemophilia. This was contained in a piece written by Raymond Ken-Mbata.
Caring for people with bleeding disorders is very costly and getting professional help is expensive, hence organisations like the World Foundation for Haemophilia and the Haemophilia Foundation of Nigeria have created support spaces as well as medications to assist persons with this health condition.
However, the Federal Government of Nigeria, through the office of the Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Mohammed Ali Pate, CON, on the sidelines of the commemoration of World Haemophilia Day 2026, which held at the Conference Hall of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Abuja, on the 17th of April 2026 at 10 am, with the theme as, DAIGNOSIS: THE FIRST STEP TO CARE, have decided to step in, bearing in mind the challenges of seeking treatment for inherited bleeding disorders and the associated expenses attached to it for families of patients. Collaborating with World Federation Haemophilia(WFH) and Haemophilia Foundation of Nigeria(HFN), The Federal Government officially flagged off “The Road To Clot” to identify, diagnose and treat people living with blood disorders, connect them to a registry for long-term care and track the treatment outcome.
The Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, ably represented by Dr. Kamil Shoretire, Permanent Secretary Designate, and Director, Department of Health Planning, Research and Statistics, administered relief and respite when he uttered the words “People with Haemophilia, the government sees you, we hear you and from this day on, we will not let you down.”
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