WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY-2013-
JUNE-14
World Blood Donor Day, celebrated on 14 June every year, serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood. With the slogan "Give the gift of life: donate blood", this year’s campaign, the 10th anniversary of World Blood Donor Day, will focus on the value of donated blood to the patient, not only in saving life, but also in helping people live longer and more productive lives.This year, is 10th anniversary and the global event is being celebrated in Paris, France, on 14 June 2013 hosted by the 'French National Blood Service', Etablissement Français du Sang (ESF). The slogan of this year's celebration is 'Give the gift of life, donate blood' and it focuses the value of blood donation which is a gift that not only save lives, but also help people live longer and more productive lives. The celebration will strengthen again the Melbourne Declaration 2009 of WHO in which WHO Calls for action to all governments of the world to achieve 100% voluntary non-remunerated donations by 2020.
In Manipur, this day is also being celebrated under the aegis of State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC) Manipur at the Centenary Hall of Manipur University, Canchipur. To thank and show gratitude to the life savers , the organisers will felicitate repeated blood donors who have donated voluntarily 20 or more times and a few blood donor organizations of the state for their altruistic act of saving lives.The SBTC has proposed for a month long celebration with multifarious activities which include many blood donation motivational talks and VB donation camps throughout the state, non-replacement month in the RIMS, JNIMS blood banks subject to a few conditions, etc and these will be in action soon. As part of the celebration, Department of Immunhaematology and Blood Transfusion, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal is organising a mega voluntary blood donation camp on the 15th June 2013 at its premises.Today out of the 193 member countries of WHO, 62 countries have achieved 100% voluntary blood donation. This 100% VBD means that the blood collected or the blood needs of the country are only from the voluntary non-remunerated blood donors (VNRBD), none from the replacement or other types of blood donors. In other words, the total need of blood for the country should be met only from the blood donated by voluntary blood donors.
Prof. John Kurakar
JUNE-14
World Blood Donor Day, celebrated on 14 June every year, serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood. With the slogan "Give the gift of life: donate blood", this year’s campaign, the 10th anniversary of World Blood Donor Day, will focus on the value of donated blood to the patient, not only in saving life, but also in helping people live longer and more productive lives.This year, is 10th anniversary and the global event is being celebrated in Paris, France, on 14 June 2013 hosted by the 'French National Blood Service', Etablissement Français du Sang (ESF). The slogan of this year's celebration is 'Give the gift of life, donate blood' and it focuses the value of blood donation which is a gift that not only save lives, but also help people live longer and more productive lives. The celebration will strengthen again the Melbourne Declaration 2009 of WHO in which WHO Calls for action to all governments of the world to achieve 100% voluntary non-remunerated donations by 2020.In Manipur, this day is also being celebrated under the aegis of State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC) Manipur at the Centenary Hall of Manipur University, Canchipur. To thank and show gratitude to the life savers , the organisers will felicitate repeated blood donors who have donated voluntarily 20 or more times and a few blood donor organizations of the state for their altruistic act of saving lives.The SBTC has proposed for a month long celebration with multifarious activities which include many blood donation motivational talks and VB donation camps throughout the state, non-replacement month in the RIMS, JNIMS blood banks subject to a few conditions, etc and these will be in action soon. As part of the celebration, Department of Immunhaematology and Blood Transfusion, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal is organising a mega voluntary blood donation camp on the 15th June 2013 at its premises.Today out of the 193 member countries of WHO, 62 countries have achieved 100% voluntary blood donation. This 100% VBD means that the blood collected or the blood needs of the country are only from the voluntary non-remunerated blood donors (VNRBD), none from the replacement or other types of blood donors. In other words, the total need of blood for the country should be met only from the blood donated by voluntary blood donors.
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