Today is World Hemophilia Day. The day is observed every year on this day to raise awareness about various issues that the global community suffering from bleeding disorder faces as a whole. <br/><br/><br/>In New Delhi, Hemophilia Federation India in association with Ministry of Health organised a programe on Initiative on Hemophilia care III. The event was focused towards sensitization on Hemophilia for the policy makers both at national and state level. <br/><br/>State Health secretaries and mission directors, prominent doctors, hemotologists, physiotherapists and hemophilia care givers from various medical colleges and hospitals participated in the event.<br/><br/>Addressing the gathering Prasar Bharati Chairman Dr. A. Suryaprakash said that Prasar Bharati being a public broadcaster has a great resposibility to spread awareness and sensitize the public about hemophilia and related issues.<br/><br/>Hemophilia caused due to inherited platelet disorders, and other factor deficiencies are lifelong bleeding disorders that prevent blood from clotting properly. People with bleeding disorders do not have enough of a particular clotting factor, a protein in blood that controls bleeding, or else it does not work properly. <br/><br/><br/>The severity of a person's bleeding disorder usually depends on the amount of clotting factor that is missing or not functioning. People with hemophilia can experience uncontrolled bleeding that can result from a seemingly minor injury. Bleeding into joints and muscles causes severe pain and disability while bleeding into major organs, such as the brain, can cause death.