14/06/2024
*WORLD BLOOD DONATION DAY*
""DONATE BLOOD 🩸 SAVE LIFE
PLANT TREE 🌲 SAVE NATURE""
*Surprising health benefits of donating blood:*
*Boosts heart health: Donating blood helps in boosting cardiovascular health. ...*
*Reduces iron stores: ...*
*Production of new blood cells: ...*
*Free health screening: ...*
*Improves psychological well-being.*
Every year our nation requires about 5 Crore units of blood, out of which only a meager 2.5 Crore units of blood are available. The gift of blood is the gift of life..🩸🩸🩸❤️❤️❤️🌲🌲🌲🌲
According to WHO, “Of the 118.5 million blood donations collected globally, 40% of these are collected in high-income countries, home to 16% of the world’s population.”
The Red Cross Blood Donation mentions, “Every 2 seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood and or platelets.”
Blood cannot be manufactured and must come from voluntary donors.
Type O negative blood is the universal donor and is the most requested blood type by hospitals.
According to the Red Cross Blood Donation, “Nearly 16 million blood components are transfused each year in the U.S.”
WHO mentions, “An increase of 10.7 million blood donations from voluntary unpaid donors has been reported from 2008 to 2018. In total, 79 countries collect over 90% of their blood supply from voluntary unpaid blood donors; however, 54 countries collect more than 50% of their blood supply from family/replacement or paid donors.”