On 19 June, EAHAD participated in the Round Table of Stakeholders on “Women and Bleeding Disorders”. Organised by the European Haemophilia Consortium (EHC), the event took place in the European Parliament in Brussels. Members of the European Parliament from different political groups also participated in the event, with Jana Žitňanská, MEP, chairing the Round Table.

A main goal of EAHAD going into the future is increasing its employee base in order to provide a better service to our members. Towards this goal, two new staff joined the EAHAD team this year. In April, Livia Boagiu was hired as EUHASS Project Manager and in June Angelos Athanasopoulos took on the role of Communications and Events Officer.

In February, Dr Sébastien Lobet became the new Physiotherapists Committee Chair, taking over from Mr Piet de Kleijn. At the EAHAD Congress in Madrid, Spain, we sat down with Dr Lobet and asked him to shed some light on his background, the highlights and challenges associated with his work, and his ambitions for the committee and for physiotherapy for bleeding disorders in Europe.

In February, Martin Bedford handed over the reins of the EAHAD Nurses Committee to Elsbeth Müller-Kägi, who will serve as chair for the next two years. By way of introduction, we asked Ms Müller-Kägi a few questions to get an idea of the joys and challenges associated with her work as well as her experience as a haemophilia nurse, both in her country and on the European level.