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Thrombosis and Covid-19 The World Thrombosis Day (WTD) campaign is working in real time to provide you with more information on the connection between thrombosis and COVID-19. Please note that much of this information is being discovered in real time and that is why there is often a delay. As a reminder, please speak directly with your healthcare provider if you have questions regarding your personal health. Read More

As a World Thrombosis Day partner and advocate, creativity and capacity are crucial to engaging the public on or around World Thrombosis Day. Events to raise awareness can be held in a multitude of venues. To get started, view the list of ideas below and gather your colleagues, friends and family to help with planning and promotion! Read More

The World Thrombosis Day (WTD) campaign proudly announces the launch of its new campaign for 2020 centered on the theme of Eyes Open to Thrombosis. Why Eyes Open to Thrombosis? The WTD campaign believes that eyes are windows to the mind. Read More

The World Thrombosis Day (WTD) campaign is pleased to welcome Kamila Jaszczor of Poland as a patient representative member of its global Steering Committee. As the second patient representative to join the WTD Steering Committee, Jaszczor will serve a term of two years, providing a patient voice and perspective for the WTD campaign and the strategic planning of the committee. The WTD Steering Committee is comprised of 15 global scientific experts and led by Chair Prof. Read More

Six New Members Represent Diverse Leadership for Global Awareness Campaign CHAPEL HILL, NC, USA, January 8, 2020 – The World Thrombosis Day campaign, led by the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), today announced the appointment of six new members to its global scientific Steering Committee. Recognized on 13 October, World Thrombosis Day focuses attention on the often overlooked and misunderstood condition of thrombosis with the goal to increase global awareness and ultimately reduce death and disability caused by the condition.  Going into its seventh year, the World Thrombosis Day campaign is guided by a Steering Committee of international medical experts in the fields of hematology, thrombosis and hemostasis, vascular and general internal medicine, and public health under the leadership of Chair Beverley Hunt, OBE, of the United Kingdom. Read More

World Thrombosis Day (WTD) 2019 brought together more than 2,000 partners across the world through thousands of educational and awareness-building activities. Commemorating its sixth year, the WTD campaign made a significant global impact as a leading global awareness campaign on blood clotting disorders. Click here to download and explore the WTD 2019 Impact Report. Read More

Did you know that the World Thrombosis Day (WTD) campaign logo was designed by a patient? When the WTD campaign initially launched, Pantep Angchaisuksiri, member of the WTD Steering Committee, invited his patient to design a symbol for WTD. The patient, Ekawat Suwantaroj, created a design that represents both the artery (red color) and the vein (blue color) with a clot (white circle). Read More

Nearly 40,000 people still die from this preventable disorder in Europe every year  CHAPEL HILL, NC, USA, (October 13, 2019) — In Europe, the mortality related to pulmonary embolism, an acute life-threatening condition characterized by blood clots obstructing the lung arteries, has been cut in half since 2000, according to an analysis of data from the World Health Organization (WHO) Mortality Database published today in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine by an international team of scientists. From 2000 to 2015, the age-standardized mortality due to pulmonary embolism decreased from about 13 deaths per 100,000 people per year to seven deaths per 100,000 people, among a population of 650 million living in 41 European countries, according to the study funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The study is the first comprehensive analysis of pulmonary embolism-related mortality in Europe. Read More

In Its Sixth Year, the Global Campaign Highlights Ways to Reduce the Impact of a Condition that Contributes to One in Four Deaths Worldwide CHAPEL HILL, N.C., October 9, 2019 -- On October 13, the World Thrombosis Day campaign shares an important message: patients, regardless of where they live, should be able to to expect that their hospital stay is safe and that the risk of adverse events such as thrombosis is minimized. Read More

Kamila Jaszczor, Founder of Trombofilia Polska, Internationally Awarded for Thrombosis Education and Advocacy Efforts CHAPEL HILL, NC, USA, October 8, 2019 — The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) today announced that Kamila Jaszczor has been named the World Thrombosis Day 2019 Thrombosis Ambassador of the Year. This important recognition highlights Jaszczor’s international commitment to achieving the World Thrombosis Day campaign’s mission of shining a global spotlight on the condition of thrombosis.  The ISTH launched the World Thrombosis Day Ambassador of the Year program in 2018 to recognize a knowledgeable, passionate individual who is dedicated to building awareness about thrombosis, also known as blood clots, in his/her community, region, country, and/or globally in an effort to save lives. Read More

Vous allez être hospitalisé ? Ce que vous devez savoir sur les phlébites (BPT) Une personne sur quatre dans le monde décède des suites d’une thrombose, la formation de caillots dans un vaisseau sanguin. Les événements associés à la thrombose provoquent chaque année plus de décès aux États-Unis et en Europe que le cancer du sein, le VIH et les accidents de la route combinés ; néanmoins, peu de gens connaissent les phlébites ou leur origine souvent surprenante : l’hôpital. Read More

(BPT) ­ Una de cada cuatro personas en todo el mundo muere a causa de afecciones relacionadas con la trombosis, es decir, la formación de coágulos en un vaso sanguíneo. Cada año, los eventos relacionados con la trombosis causan más muertes en los EE. UU. Read More

(BPT) – Jeder vierte Mensch weltweit stirbt an den Auswirkungen einer Thrombose, der Bildung eines Blutgerinnsels in einem Blutgefäß. Thrombose fordert in den USA und Europa jedes Jahr mehr Todesopfer als Brustkrebs, HIV-Erkrankungen und Autounfälle zusammen. Doch nur wenige Menschen wissen über Blutgerinnsel Bescheid. Read More

(BPT) ­ Каждый четвертый человек на планете погибает от заболеваний, вызванных тромбозом – образованием сгустков крови в кровеносных сосудах. Ежегодно в США и Европе регистрируется больше связанных с тромбозом смертей, чем летальных исходов от рака молочной железы, СПИДа и автокатастроф вместе взятых, но очень немногие люди знают о сгустках крови или о том, что неожиданной причиной их появления часто является пребывание в больнице. Опасные тромбы обычно образуются в глубоких венах нижних конечностей, паха или рук и такое явление называют тромбозом глубоких вен (ТГВ). Read More

(BPT) ­ 世界中の4人に1人が、血栓症または血管内に形成される血栓関連の病状により死亡しています。米国と欧州では毎年、血栓症に関連する事象による死亡は、乳がん、HIV、自動車事故を合わせた死亡件数よりも多くなっています。しかし、血栓について、またその由来が驚くべきことに病院であるという事実を知る人はほとんどいません。 有害な血栓は通常、脚、鼠蹊部（そけいぶ）、または腕の深部静脈に形成されます（深部静脈血栓症、DVT）。その後、DVTは循環器系を移動し、肺に留まる可能性があります（肺塞栓症、PE）。DVTとPEを合わせて静脈血栓塞栓症（VTE）と呼ばれます。これは死に至るおそれがあることから危険です。 入院は、VTE発生の主要なリスク要因です。床上安静または回復過程にあるために運動量が低下した患者、手術またはその他の重篤な外傷による血管損傷（外傷）を発症した患者は、血栓症を発症する可能性が高くなります。 病院関連の血栓症は世界的な問題です。世界保健機関 (WHO) 主導の主要な研究によると、低所得国と中所得国における院内肺炎、カテーテル関連血流感染、血流感染症、または薬剤有害事象よりも、血栓症による死亡や障害の割合の方が多いことがわかっています。また、米国では毎年最大30万人、欧州では54万4千人が死亡しています。しかしながら、イギリスでは、イギリスの国民保健サービス（NHS）により、病院にVTEの予防措置の実施が義務付けられたことにより、この数字は過去10年間で低下しました。2010年以降、イギリスにおける退院後90日以内の死亡者数は15. Read More

(BPT) – Jeder vierte Mensch weltweit stirbt an den Auswirkungen einer Thrombose, der Bildung eines Blutgerinnsels in einem Blutgefäß. Thrombose fordert in den USA und Europa jedes Jahr mehr Todesopfer als Brustkrebs, HIV-Erkrankungen und Autounfälle zusammen. Doch nur wenige Menschen wissen über Blutgerinnsel Bescheid. Read More

    The Lancet Haematology has published a new editorial, "World Thrombosis Day -- 5 Years On," highlighting the successes of the World Thrombosis Day campaign to date. Since its launch in 2014, the campaign has secured more than 2,000 partners in 100+ countries and it is estimated to have reached more than 3 billion people, spreading the word on the causes, risk factors, symptoms, and evidence-based prevention and treatment of thrombosis. The editorial underscores why The Lancet Haematology supports the ISTH statement calling for venous thromboembolism (VTE) to be included as a specific cause of death in the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) studies, which could generate the necessary data to inform policy and prevention strategies going forward. Read More

Join Cardinal Health on October 10, 2019 at 2 p.m. EST (11 a. Read More