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South African Haemophilia Foundation · 2026

A patient-first digital home for South Africa's bleeding-disorders community.

Healthcare Website

Clear care pathways, trusted information and community support in one accessible experience. Portfolio Creative designed the South African Haemophilia Foundation's patient and community website as a clear, reassuring digital front door for people living with bleeding disorders, their families, healthcare professionals and supporters.

Client
South African
Haemophilia Foundation
Sector
Healthcare · NGO
Patient Support
Year
2026
Live Site
haemophilia.org.za
Website Strategy UX/UI Design Web Development Content Architecture SEO/AEO
SAHF website homepage hero — the headline 'Support for every step of the journey' over a warm photo of a healthcare professional with a family, with Find a Treatment Centre and Support SAHF buttons
The Challenge

High-stakes information,
very different audiences.

SAHF serves audiences with very different levels of medical knowledge and urgency — a newly diagnosed parent, a person managing haemophilia for decades, a clinician looking for resources, a supporter wanting to help.

The website needed to make high-stakes care information easy to find, explain complex bleeding-disorder topics in plain language, and balance patient support, professional resources, advocacy, news and fundraising without overwhelming visitors.

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Primary audience pathways — patients & families, healthcare professionals, and supporters — each with a clear route from the homepage
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Always-visible priority actions — Find a Treatment Centre and Support SAHF — kept prominent on every page
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Cohesive national platform bringing care access, education, resources, news and community support together
Our Approach

Lead with the audience,
then earn the trust.

We created an audience-led information architecture with prominent treatment-centre and support actions, clear routes for patients, families and healthcare professionals, and modular content sections that establish trust.

A calm healthcare visual system — SAHF's navy, red and soft blue palette, strong hierarchy, concise copy and responsive layouts — helps users move from urgent needs to education and long-term community support.

Audience Pathways & National Stats
SAHF website homepage sections — a national statistics band showing treatment centres, diagnosed patients, years of support and provinces, above three audience pathway cards for patients and families, healthcare professionals, and supporting SAHF

The homepage pathway system — national support stats above clear cards for patients & families, healthcare professionals and supporters

Pathway 01
Patients & Families
Plain-language information, support and practical tools — from understanding a diagnosis to finding a treatment centre and connecting with community.
Pathway 02
Healthcare Professionals
Clinical guidance, education and resources — with a clear route through to the dedicated MASAC professional platform.
Pathway 03
Supporters
Donation and involvement journeys that connect supporters directly to improving access to care across South Africa.
Community & Trust

A stronger community,
a brighter future.

Beyond pathways and resources, the site tells SAHF's story — more than five decades of working alongside people living with bleeding disorders and their families. A dedicated community-story section grounds the platform in real advocacy, so every visit reinforces the same message: you are not navigating this alone.

Community Story Section
SAHF website community story section — the headline 'A stronger community. A brighter future.' beside a photo of many hands stacked together in solidarity

The community-story section — five decades of advocacy, told with warmth and restraint

Deliverables

A complete platform,
strategy to launch.

Everything SAHF needed to serve its community online — from the strategic foundation and information architecture to the responsive front-end build.

Website Strategy
The audience-led plan that decided what the site must do for patients, professionals and supporters.
Information Architecture
A clear content hierarchy with patient and HCP pathways and treatment-centre navigation.
UX/UI Design
A calm healthcare visual system with strong hierarchy, concise copy and reassuring photography.
Responsive Design
Layouts designed and built to work across mobile, tablet and desktop for every audience.
SEO/AEO Foundations
Search and AI-engine foundations so care information is findable by the people who need it.
Front-End Development
The homepage and page-system build, with resource and news architecture ready to grow.

"When the information is high-stakes,
clarity is care."

Portfolio Creative — SAHF Patient & Community Website

The Outcome

A credible national platform,
built to keep growing.

The launched website gives SAHF a credible, modern platform that makes treatment-centre access, patient information, healthcare-professional resources and community support easier to navigate. It also creates a flexible foundation for news, events, clinical tools and ongoing national advocacy.

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