Today is World Hemophilia Day, which serves as awareness for hemophilia and other blood disorders.

World Hemophilia Day began in 1989 and is observed annually in honor of the birthday of Frank Schnabel, the founder of the World Federation of Hemophilia in 1963.

The theme of the event this year is "Equal access for all: recognition of all bleeding disorders".

Hemophilia is a group of inherited genetic disorders that impair the body's ability to control blood clotting, which serves to stop bleeding when a blood vessel is damaged.

Hemophiliacs (people with hemophilia) have low levels of the clotting factor in their blood and bleeding continues for much longer periods.

The World Federation of Haemophilia (WFH) vision of treatment for all is for a world where all people with inherited bleeding disorders have access to care, regardless of the type of bleeding disorder, gender, age or where they live. /KosovaPress/