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WHO and Ministry of Health officials with display of samples of the items being handed over

WHO hands over laboratory equipment and supplies to strengthen safe blood services in Sierra Leone

Freetown – Today, the World Health Organization Country Office…
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Blood donation rate falls in Africa in wake of COVID-19 pandemic

Blood donation rate falls in Africa in wake of COVID-19 pandemic

Brazzaville – Blood donation has fallen by 17% in the African region…
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Drop in blood donations add to maternal health threats in Africa

Drop in blood donations add to maternal health threats in Africa

Brazzaville – Just half of the blood needed for transfusion each year…
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Press Conference, Dr Jeannine Condo, DG RBC(left) & Dr Gatare Swaibu, DM NCBT

Rwanda is the second African country to host World Blood Donor Day

Kigali, June 12 2019--- Rwanda becomes the second African Country to…
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First-time donor Moses Alfons gives blood in Juba. WHO/ A. Câmpeanu

Building a blood supply in South Sudan means breaking down cultural and structural barriers

When rebel fighting flared in South Sudan in 2013, two years after…
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Judith the midwife donating blood

World Blood Donor Day: South Sudan registers more voluntary unpaid blood donors

Juba 15 June, 2018 – ‘I have witnessed it myself that most of our…
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Country Representative Dr Chimbaru and Dr Boakeng were among the first voluntary blood donors at the Freetown site

Salone celebrates Blood Donor Day

On Wednesday June 21st 2017 the Ministry of Health and…
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WHO Representative to Namibia, Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses (left), speaking at the event; alongside Dr Britta Lohrke from Ministry of Health and Social Services (middle)

WHO, NAMBTS and MOHSS celebrate World Blood Donor Day

Windhoek, 14 June 2017 – The World Health Organization Namibia…
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