On April 9th, Governor Bill Haslam proclaimed June 4-10, 2018 Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness Week in the state of Tennessee! Thanks goes to resident Elena Bou for contacting her state government to secure the proclamation. Hope for HS has produced a letter of support and sample Whereas clauses available to anyone that wishes to ask their…
Governor Rick Snyder has proclaimed a week for Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness in Michigan for the second year in a row. June 4-10, 2018 will be recognized to raise awareness in the state of Michigan, hopefully reducing the time to diagnosis and increasing the quality of care for everyone affected by HS. There is still time…
The first of our state proclamations are beginning to come in! Thanks to the efforts of Penny White, author and patient activist, Governor Nathan Deal has proclaimed June 4-10, 2018, Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness Week in the state of Georgia! Governor Deal was one of two governors that also proclaimed a week in June for Hidradenitis…
The medical/design student innovators of Alaflex attended our Hope for HS meeting in Hershey last month to discuss a dressing they are designing especially for Hidradenitis Suppurativa wounds, addressing the unique challenges we face when trying to dress a draining wound in the skin fold of an underarm or groin, while preserving range of motion…