Africa should strengthen health systems for improved prevention
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and control of NCDS
Haemophilia also spelled hemophilia is a mostly inherited genetic disorder that impairs the body s ability to make blood clots, a process needed to stop bleeding. This results in people bleeding for a longer time after an injury, easy bruising, and an increased risk of bleeding inside joints-
-or the brain. Those with a mild case of the disease may have symptoms only after an accident or during surgery. Bleeding into a joint can result in permanent damage while bleeding in the brain can result in long term headaches, seizures, or a decreased level of consciousness.
HEMATOLOGISTS are calling for inclusion of blood-related diseases in the national plan against non communicable diseases (NCDs) and the formulation of a treatment guideline to streamline responses by medical personnel caring for hemophilia and sickle-cell patients.