Dilia Oviedo Güillín, a woman of unwavering spirit and strength, always dreamed of reuniting her deceased husband and children in a place where they could rest in peace together. From an early age, life presented her with numerous challenges, including a disease that would change her life completely, “Huntington’s Disease”,…

Factor-H offers a free-of-charge legal assistance service in Colombia, with the sole objective of facilitating access to the services, medicines and supplies that the Colombian State ensures to all patients affected by Huntington’s disease. Factor-H aims to assist all HD families with navigating the complex landscape of accessing medical benefits…

Factor-H coordinates a Social Program in Venezuela for the improvement of the quality of life for individuals and families with Huntington’s disease (HD) in the towns of Barranquitas -Rosario de Perijá Municipality- and the area of the community of San Luis, in the city of Maracaibo, San Francisco Municipality, both…

Seminario del Dr. Ignacio Muñoz-Sanjuan, fundador de Factor-h, en la reunión anual de la sociedad venezolana de neurología, el 3 de junio 2023. Ignacio habla sobre programas terapéuticos actuales para la enfermedad de Huntington, comentando información actual de todos los programas sintomáticos y aquellos dirigidos a disminuir la expresión de…

Gratitude Day 2023 was a success! The gratitude day campaign was adopted by many families, patient associations, friends of HD families, clinicians and scientists working on behalf of HD families. Below you can see a video of all the social media posts from these special and caring individuals who joined…

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY Charlie Cordero is a 31-year-old documentary photographer based in Colombia. He has studied Photojournalism at the ERAM audiovisual and multimedia school (University of Girona) in Girona, Spain and a Masters in Editorial Photography and Photojournalism at the TAI School of Arts and Entertainment (Rey Juan Carlos University) in…

The entire Factor-H team and families in the Abrazos Program mourn the passing of our beloved Maria Fernanda Soto Santris, 16, part of our HD community in Colombia. The second of three sisters, Maria Fernanda belonged to the Abrazos Program (at-risk for HD kids) for 4 years and had recently…

En las últimas semanas ha habido algunas noticias en la prensa sobre la progresión en fases clínicas de varios agentes potencialmente terapéuticos para tratar la enfermedad de Huntington. Estos avances continúan llamando la atención general y de los especialistas médicos, por el sencillo hecho de que este tipo de terapias…

Finalemente hemos podido hacer llegar las donaciones de ropa a las comunidades colombianas de El Dificil (Magdalena), Medellin, Bogota, Juan de Acosta y Cordoba. La ropa (mas de 300 kilos de cajas) fueron mandadas gratis por DHL, quien colaboro con nosotros a traves de su convencio de cooperacion con la…

Claudia Perandones monto este video para una charla que dio recientemente en las oficinas de CHDI en Los Angeles. Es una exposicion de las comunidades mas afectadas por EH en el continente sudamericano. Por favor miradlo, pasadselo a la gente, y ayudanos a que la gente conozca de la existencia…