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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"More education means more choices." A day in Kenya. A classroom of girls learning about their bodies and about iron. A classroom of boys asking the questions they had never been allowed to ask.

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A normal hemoglobin does not always mean normal iron. Dr Swati Pai on reticulocyte hemoglobin, her "true Iron Man." Live webinar, Thursday 8 October: worldanemiaawareness.com/events/ret…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"When I trained, blood was good. More blood was better." Transfusion was automatic. Then clinicians asked: what if we managed the patient's own blood first? Better Care For All, marking 25 years of SABM. Full film: youtu.be/dRDo0IpTkcI?si=4GhMXHcGxKs…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A milestone worth recognizing. At the SABM 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Becky Rock, Zenon Bodnaruk, Dr. Aryeh Shander, Tiffany Hall, and Dr. Matthew Warner were honored for their part in the SABM 25-year legacy video. 25 years of better blood health for all.

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The problems worth solving in medicine are never one specialty's to solve. So the meeting where they get worked on should not be either. Two days until the 25th SABM Annual Meeting. Atlanta, September 17 to 19, and open from anywhere.

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Anemia is one of the most common effects of cancer treatment, and one of the least discussed. This Thursday is World Patient Safety Day, and the opening of SABM's 25th Annual Meeting: events.worldanemiaawareness.com/eve…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

For twenty five years, SABM has been putting the patient at the centre of the care. Not the protocol. Not the product. The person in the bed. The 25th SABM Annual Meeting. Atlanta, September 17 to 19, open from anywhere in 35 languages.

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The honest measure of a meeting is what is still being done differently three months later. One session at the 25th SABM Annual Meeting is six hospitals presenting what they actually changed. Seven minutes each. Atlanta, September 17 to 19, and open from anywhere.

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

In one study across ten cities in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, close to half of women had heavy menstrual bleeding. Women's blood health is on the program at SABM's 25th Annual Meeting online worldwide: events.worldanemiaawareness.com/eve…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Almost nobody sets out to work in blood health. They find it sideways, then spend years learning it mostly alone. Then the first annual meeting, and the people who solved it five years ago. The 25th SABM Annual Meeting. Atlanta, September 17 to 19, open from anywhere.

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Fatigue is usually explained by stress. Sometimes it is not. Iron deficiency can look almost identical, and it can be there even when a standard blood count comes back normal. A new article on what tends to travel alongside low iron: worldanemiaawareness.com/iron-defic…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In a 2025 study of 239 women with low iron, people reported more than 16 symptoms each on average, a cluster that's easy to miss. Iron beyond anemia is on the table at SABM's 25th Annual Meeting online worldwide: events.worldanemiaawareness.com/eve…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Nothing replaces being in the room. But not everyone can get to Atlanta. The 25th SABM Annual Meeting is open from anywhere. September 17 to 19, live sessions in 35 languages, seven day replay. Recorded at SABM 2025 with Sherri Ozawa.

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Most of us know to get our iron checked. But a standard test measures hemoglobin. Ferritin, your stored iron, drops first and can sit low for months while results look normal. Low iron without anemia is at least twice as common. Worth asking about.

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

In June, patient blood management nursing became a recognized nursing specialty. The work behind it came through SABM, which turns 25 this year. Their 25th Annual Meeting is in Atlanta next month. events.worldanemiaawareness.com/eve…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Iron deficiency in children is more common than most people realise. It often arrives quietly. Understanding which years matter most gives parents, teachers, and clinicians a more complete picture of what they might be seeing. worldanemiaawareness.com/iron-defic…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

25 years of SABM, and this year you can join from anywhere. The 2026 SABM Annual Meeting streams live from Atlanta, Sept 17 to 19. Live captions in 35 languages, replay in 19. Register for virtual attendance: events.worldanemiaawareness.com/eve…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Some families call heavy periods normal for generations. Sometimes it is von Willebrand disease, the most common inherited bleeding disorder, easily missed and slow to diagnose, more than 14 years. The ongoing blood loss can cause iron deficiency anemia. Worth one question.

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Eating iron-rich food is not the same as absorbing it. Some iron absorbs easily. Some needs a little help. What sits alongside on the plate matters. Full guide: worldanemiaawareness.com/iron-rich-…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A third of the world is living with anemia. One of the most common conditions there is, and one of the most solvable, yet still easy to overlook. Much of it starts with simply recognizing it. Recorded at the SABM Annual Meeting with Sherri Ozawa, MSN, RN. Did you know it was this common?

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

In one hospital study, close to 1 in 3 nurses had low iron stores. Depleted iron, not anemia, the quiet kind that saps energy long before a blood test flags it. The people who catch it in patients often miss it in themselves. When did you last check your own?

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Violet was twelve when her first period came in class. The room went quiet, then the boys laughed. No one had given her the words. Now she's teaching girls at Magoso School in Kibera. Menstrual health is also blood health, and it starts by letting a girl ask.

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Preparation for surgery begins weeks before the operating room. One part is often the part no one mentions: blood health. Prof. Susan Goobie on why preoperative anemia is so easily overlooked. Watch and read: worldanemiaawareness.com/preparing-…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Blood does far more than most of us think. When one part changes, the effects show up everywhere, from energy to mood to strength. New article on living with a blood disorder, and why it matters for everyone: worldanemiaawareness.com/living-wit…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

How common is anemia? The latest WHO estimates put it at around 3 in 10 women of reproductive age, and more than 1 in 3 pregnant women. Iron deficiency is the most common cause. Common is not the same as solved.

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Why is pre-operative anemia so often missed? A new Voices in Blood Health conversation with Dr Susan Goobie is coming soon. worldanemiaawareness.com

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

On a day when many of us are thinking about the men in our lives, it is worth a thought for their health too. Iron deficiency in men is easy to miss, and the signs are often put down to a busy life. The ones who lean on them are a good reason to take it seriously.

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

In men, iron deficiency often hides behind everyday tiredness, partly because low iron is framed as a women's issue. Our new article looks at why it gets missed. worldanemiaawareness.com/fathers-pr…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Voices in Blood Health: honest conversations with the doctors, nurses, researchers and patients shaping how the world understands blood. Different countries, different disciplines, one subject. Episodes out now.

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Tiredness gets blamed on a busy life. In men, low iron can hide behind it for a long time. Our new article on why it gets missed, and the one test that shows it early. worldanemiaawareness.com/iron-defic…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

In Bangkok, ASPBM brought clinicians, nurses, advocates, and patients into one room with a single goal: better blood health for every patient. Next stop, Sri Lanka, January 2027. Early access is open now. 🩸 #PatientBloodManagement #BloodHealth

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This week our Violet joined Anne Nicholls and Mimi Pia in Kenya for Menstrual Health Day. A day with women and teenage girls, sewing reusable pads and talking iron deficiency. The link between heavy periods and missed school days matters. Boys' session next week. #MenstrualHealthDay #BloodHealth

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

How does anyone know what a normal period looks like? Prof Sue Pavord (Oxford) and Dr Carol Lim (Malaysia) on why heavy menstrual bleeding is the most common cause of iron deficiency in young women. worldanemiaawareness.com/menstrual-…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The best blood is your own blood, healthy and inside of you. We ask about our heart. About our blood pressure. About our cholesterol. The conversation about our blood is one of the most important in healthcare today, and one too few of us are having. #BloodHealth #PatientBloodManagement

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Heavy periods are often dismissed as just part of being a woman. For young women especially, they can be the first sign of low iron. Tiredness, brain fog, low mood - all can be signs. Worth asking, whichever side of the appointment you're on. #BloodHealth #IronDeficiency

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This International Nurses Day, Dr. Carolyn Burns offers a perspective most physicians don't: she has been a patient many, many times. "Nurses come with this gift of solace and comfort when you are not at your best, and very often at your worst." #InternationalNursesDay #BloodHealth

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

"What Nurses Know" is live in My Blood Health. Three expert nurses on what they see, what gets missed, and what every patient deserves to know about their blood health. worldanemiaawareness.com/nurses-and… #InternationalNursesDay #BloodHealth

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

On International Nurses Day, Dr. Matthew Warner names what physicians depend on nurses to make possible. Anemia optimization. Patient education. Daily care. "I'm grateful to call so many great nurses my close colleagues and friends." #InternationalNursesDay #BloodHealth

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

A powerful takeaway from @natapbm.bsky.social. Prof. Vernon Louw raised the link between iron deficiency and brain health. Iron carries oxygen. The brain uses 20% of the body's supply. Recent research links long-term iron deficiency to higher dementia risk in later life.

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Iron deficiency during pregnancy can affect a child's brain development for 20 years or more. Prof. Vernon Louw, Professor of Medicine and Clinical Haematologist at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, on what the evidence shows. worldanemiaawareness.com/iron-defic…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

For those living with hemophilia, a toddler running free is joy and held breath at the same time. Getting the right diagnosis is where care begins. Blood health touches more lives than most people realize. #WHD2026 #WorldHemophiliaDay

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Too many women accept exhaustion, brain fog, and low mood as just part of life. Prof. Vernon Louw, Professor of Medicine at Stellenbosch University, South Africa worldanemiaawareness.com/iron-defic… WAA Presents: Voices in Blood Health

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Common, testable, and treatable, addressing it before and during pregnancy makes a profound difference for both mother and child. worldanemiaawareness.com/iron-defic… WAA Presents: Voices in Blood Health

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Your blood test came back normal. But you're still exhausted. Prof. Vernon Louw, explains why iron deficiency without anemia is being missed in millions of people — and what it's doing to your cells, your energy, and your mood. worldanemiaawareness.com/iron-defic…

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

When did you last check your own iron? Prof. Vernon Louw — Professor of Medicine, Stellenbosch University — on what happens when clinicians finally test their own iron levels. Full film releasing 7 April for World Health Day. WAA Presents: Voices in Blood Health worldanemiaawareness.com

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Fit, trained, and still exhausted. For many athletes, low iron is the reason nobody checked for. Normal hemoglobin doesn't rule it out. Ferritin does. f.mtr.cool/yxpvugwgqu

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

On #WorldWaterDay — where women lack safe water, iron deficiency follows. Infections deplete iron stores. Monthly blood loss compounds it. Ferritin tells the story hemoglobin misses. #WaterAndGender #IronDeficiency #Medsky #WomensHealth @un-water.bsky.social @who.int @afro.who.int

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Hemoglobin is what most standard tests measure. But ferritin, the protein that stores iron in your body, can be running low long before that shows up. They're related, but they don't always move together. #IronDeficiency #BloodHealth

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Your kidneys don't just filter water. They help make your blood. 🩸 They produce EPO, a hormone that signals your bone marrow to make red blood cells. When kidneys struggle, anemia follows. The kidney-blood connection is one worth knowing. 💧 #WorldKidneyDay #BloodHealth #AnemiaAwareness

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World Anemia Awareness @ironmatters.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

In the 1920s, a scientist packed her bags and travelled to India to understand why pregnant women were dying. Nobody had thought to ask the question before. This Women's History Month, we're telling her story. 🩸 #WomensHistoryMonth #GiveToGain #IWD2026 #BloodHealth

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