Date:
June 14, 2016
Theme:
Blood connects us all.
Slogan:
Share life, give blood.
Aim:
To draw attention to the role that voluntary donations play in encouraging people to care for one another and promoting community cohesion.
"Voluntary, unpaid blood donations must increase rapidly in more than half the world's countries to ensure a reliable supply of safe blood."
Fact shared in WHO #twitter
1. In many countries, demand exceeds supply and blood services face the challenge of making sufficient safe blood available.
2. The average blood donation rate is more than nine times greater in high-income countries than in low-income countries.
3. About 108 million blood donations are collected globally every year.
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