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Czech Hemophilia Society Conference 28 November 2021

The electoral Conference of the Czech Hemophilia Society took place on 28 November 2021 in an online format.

Czech Hemophilia Society Annual Award for Silvie Bereňová

Starting in 2009, the CSH Council decided to bestow its Annual Award. The recipient of the Annual Award was chosen by the Council based on nominations. The Annual Award is an expression of recognition and gratitude from the haemophilia community to the person who has contributed the most through help, ideas, performed an exceptional deed, or conversely worked for a long time for the benefit of those in need. The laureate can be anyone from among healthcare professionals, members, sponsors, representatives of official institutions, supporters - in short, anyone who deserves the gratitude of the association and its members for their extraordinary achievement or long-term effort.

Czech Hemophilia Society Conference online and intergenerational meeting postponed

We would like to inform you that after much deliberation we have decided to postpone this year's Intergenerational Meeting in Jihlava to a more favourable spring period in 2022.

Feed the Panda and Win

We would like to introduce you to a new fun competition that we have decided to join together with Hemojunior, with the support of Novo Nordisk.

Jihlava Intergenerational Meeting Accompanied by the CSH Conference

The autumn period has always been marked by preparations for the Intergenerational Meeting in previous years. It fosters mutual understanding, respect, breaks down barriers and prejudices, but above all brings joy regardless of age. Both organisations — the Czech Hemophilia Society and Hemojunior — have decided to invite all members to Jihlava again, from 26 to 28 November. Despite the not overly optimistically developing situation and in light of new anti-epidemic measures, we firmly believe that we will ultimately meet face to face. The EA Business Hotel will once again provide us with a venue, where the CSH Conference with the election of new leadership will also take place at the conclusion of the Intergenerational Meeting. It goes without saying how important this event is, and therefore we would like to invite all of you most cordially. For those of you who will not be able to attend the Intergenerational Meeting, we would like to note that the CSH Conference is planned for Sunday, 28 November, starting at 9:00 AM.

Podcast with Zdeněk Březina

Dozens of bleeds per month, long hospital stays, limb immobilisation in plaster casts, and no painkillers. That was the childhood of hemophilia patient Zdeněk Březina, who grew up during the era of deep socialism. Despite these experiences, he is a great life optimist, and as he says himself, thanks to modern medicines his great life dream finally came true.

Where Is My Home? In Zubří!

After two editions in an alternative location, the summer haemophilia camp, well known under the abbreviation LHT, returned to the familiar setting of the Vysočina Highlands. In Zubří, a total of 34 travellers — including a few newcomers — together with an experienced team of leaders, medical staff, and physiotherapists explored the beauties of Czechia during the last days of August.

Rhodes 2021

Shortly after publishing the article about the trip to Greece, we received two more contributions from participants. It is not often that an event generates so many written responses, and since we value each one, we are presenting them in a new article. Adding them to the original one could risk them being overlooked. So this is not information about another trip, as a different article title might suggest.

Greece 2020

The title of this article is not entirely wrong. The original plan was to organise the trip last year. However, just like the Olympians, we had to wait, and with a touch of nervousness about what might still happen during the stay, we set off on 8 July to the Greek island of Rhodes. We spent a wonderful week there, which I do not need to describe at length, as the contributions from participants that follow this introduction speak for themselves about the great time we had.