New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS): Canadian experts will speak on the diagnosis and management of haemophilia at a two-day symposium here from Saturday, with India recording over 14,000 patients of the bleeding disorder since 1983.

The international symposium is being jointly organised by the Bleeding Disorders Programme in Winnipeg, Canada and the Haemophilia Society (Delhi). It is meant for physicians, nurses as well as the families of patients.

Haemophilia is a genetic disorder that impairs the body's ability to control blood clotting, which makes bleeding difficult to stop in a person suffering from it.

The symposium will be held at PHD House in Hauz Khas.

Jayson Stoffman, assistant professor, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health CancerCare, Manitoba, who is participating in the symposium, said it will provide opportunities to learn from each other in improving the care of people with bleeding disorders in India and Canada.

According to Raju Kumar Das, programme assistant (North), Hemophilia Federation (India), there have been more than 14,000 cases of haemophilia in India since 1983 till August 2010.

"According to the WHO, one out of every 10,000 people in the world suffers from haemophilia," he said.