Every year on June 14, choosing Landsteiner’s birthday to commemorate it, Austrian doctor discovering the ABO blood group system, World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates World Blood Donor Day: one of eight global public health campaigns recognized by the OMS.
It is a significant opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of donating blood that is not just for the propose of transfusion, it has many other benefits for the global health industry.
The slogan of World Blood Donor Day 2023 is Give blood, give plasma, share life, share often.
It focuses on patients requiring life-long transfusion support and underlines the role every single person can play, by giving the valuable gift of blood or plasma.
Other objectives of this year’s campaign are:
- thank blood donors
- widen public awareness of the need for regular, unpaid blood donation
- promote the community values of blood donation
- encourage youth to embrace the humanitarian call to donate blood c
- elebrate the potential of youth as partners in promoting health
References
World Health Organization (WHO). World Blood Donor Day 2023: give blood, give plasma, share life, share often
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). World Blood Donor Day. Give blood, give plasma, share life, share often
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