Blood Brotherhood
For Adult Men
Adult men living with hemophilia and other bleeding disorders often suffer from painful bleeding episodes, joint damage, arthritis, and depression from their frequent health problems. In addition to their hemophilia, many older adult men have co-morbidities as a result of contaminated blood products. (Read our history) Despite these complications, comprehensive care can help adult men with bleeding disorders lead healthy and fulfilling lives.
Blood Brotherhood is a national program for adult men living with hemophilia or von Willebrand disease. Designed to be a multi-avenue outreach to provide education and support, promote good health, and establish a sense of community for adult men, you can connect with Blood Brotherhood in three ways:
- Join Online Private Group
- Find a Local HFA Member Organization that hosts Blood Brotherhood Meetings (see map below)
- Register for an upcoming National Conference Call/Webinar
If you are an adult male with a bleeding disorder, you are a part of Blood Brotherhood!
HFA also offers support for Spouses and Partners.
What Blood Brothers Are Saying About Blood Brotherhood
“It is the best pill in my bag, the best friends I could have, the healthiest thing to come my way in a while.” A Blood Brother (2009) Stories of Men with Bleeding Disorders
For more information please contact hfaprograms@hemophiliafed.org.
Disclosures:
The Blood Brotherhood Program is supported in part by a Cooperative Agreement Number 5U27DD00537-03 from CDC. The contents on this web page are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC.
The Blood Brotherhood Program is also supported in part by an unrestricted program grant from Baxter BioSciences.