NHF partners with the AIDS Memorial Grove and the Hemophilia Federation of America to open a Hemophilia Memorial Circle in Golden Gate Park.

Donald Goldman, Esq., an attorney, who was active in the National Hemophilia Foundation and its chapters for over 25 years joins the National Commission on AIDS among other advocates and medical experts. He coordinated the National Hemophilia Foundation's efforts to improve the safety of the nation's blood supply, began many of its efforts in HIV risk reduction, and introduced initiatives to improve delivery of hemophilia and HIV services to minorities.

On December 2, 1986, NHF executive director Alan Brownstein penned a letter to Surgeon General C. Everett Koop in response to the first Surgeon General's Report on AIDS. Brownstein noted that the report would help "dispel ignorance and prevent discrimination" while also educating and informing.

On February 5, 1986, President Reagan finally authorized Surgeon General C. Everett Koop to produce a Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. This occurred during a speech given to employees of the Department of Health and Human in which Reagan stated: “I’m asking the Surgeon General to prepare a major report to the American people on AIDS.”

The first World AIDS Day is noted as a global health day on December 1, 1988.

NHF hosts its 66th annual Bleeding Disorders Conference.

NHF hosts a Steps for Success event titled, "Hemophilia Pharmacy Management: Steps for Success With Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy" that was designed to meet the educational needs of specialty pharmacists, home health pharmacists, health plan pharmacists, managed Medicaid pharmacists, medical directors, and other health care professionals with an interest in the management of patients with hemophilia.

On January 17, 1983, NHF issued a statement calling on manufacturers of blood products to refuse blood donations by Gay men.

The CDC teams up with Cooley's Anemia Foundation to create a blood safety program modeled after the successful program already in place for hemophilia patients.

A 10-year study on joint damage run by NHF medical trustee Henry H. Jordan concludes. A few years later, Henry would publish a monograph on his findings involving 56 hemophilia patients.