With April 17 marking World Haemophilia Day, MedicAlert Foundation has urged people with haemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders to make non-medical precautions a compulsory part of their personal risk-management strategy. More than 240,000 people globally have been diagnosed with haemophilia, including approximately 2,600 Australians, with varied degrees of severity.
Australia Medic Alert Foundation has thrown its support behind National Epilepsy Awareness Month and today’s worldwide Purple Day event designed to raise awareness of epilepsy and reminds Australians of the need to look for the Foundation’s distinctive emblem if they encounter someone in difficulty.
Australia Medic Alert Foundation has launched a major national awareness campaign designed to remind Australians that taking a few seconds to check for its distinctive emblem could save a life when they encounter someone in difficulty.
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