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World Blood Donor Day - 2022

Learn about meaning, history, objectives & benefits of blood donation

5 Dariya News

14-Jun-2022

Today 14th June is celebrated as Blood Donation Day. Donating blood is necessary to save the lives of others. The World Health organisation (WHO) had announced to celebrate this day in order to extend support to the blood transfusion services, blood donor organisations and other non-governmental organisations to motivate the masses & spread awareness.

What facts for awareness World Health Organisation (WHO) wants to put in front of general public:

According to the reports by the World Health Organisation (WHO), in the Indian health sector we see a lot of infrastructural complications, leading to deaths of  hundreds of people every year due to a shortage of 25 lakh units of blood. Around 10- lakh  units of blood are required annually in India, but only 7.5 lakh units are available.By donating blood, not only can you save the lives of others, but you can also improve your health. Let us know how much blood any person can donate and what health benefits can be given to the donor.

Establishment of World Blood Donor Day:

World Blood Donor Day was established in the year 2004 to motivate people to donate blood. The main objective of this day is to create awareness among the masses to donate blood & Sharing the thoughts & concerns regarding blood donation with the public to highlight its importance so that it shouldn’t be in shortage in reserves when sudden need arises anywhere around.

🩸 Today is #WorldBloodDonorDay 🅰️🅱️🅾️🆎
Safe blood help treat people suffering from a range of diseases, of from injury from accidents, natural disasters and armed conflict https://t.co/17YYtcnYnV#GiveBlood🩸 pic.twitter.com/UCspLFclES

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) June 13, 2022

History of World Blood Donor Day:

World Blood Donor Day is celebrated on June 14 on the birthday of Nobel prize winner and scientist Karl Landsteiner, who discovered the ABO blood group system. This ABO blood group system discovery became the reason for awarding Landsteiner win the Nobel Prize in the year 1930 & for kind information let us tell you that before the detection of blood groups, blood transfusions used to happen without knowing or classification of the various blood groups. 

🩸 Every few seconds, someone, somewhere, needs safe blood.

Tuesday's World Blood Donor Day is an opportunity to learn from @WHO about how donating blood can help save lives. https://t.co/lO509m5bg3 pic.twitter.com/snMV25LRo7

— United Nations (@UN) June 14, 2022

Objectives of World Blood Donor Day-2022:

  • Encourage or convince maximum people around for blood donation.

  • Sharing the thoughts & concerns regarding blood donation with the public to highlight its importance so that it shouldn’t be in shortage in reserves when sudden need arises anywhere around.

  • Awareness spread can heighten the number of donors in order to achieve timely access to safe blood transfusion.

  • Keeping health issues at far flung areas, the government must make some profound funded scenarios to raise the collection of blood units.

  • Even by conducting in regional languages, Governments & NGOs should make arrangements by skits or digital portals for awareness towards blood donation

  • Even by conducting in regional languages, Governments & NGOs should make arrangements by skits or digital portals for awareness towards blood donation.

Have a glance on the various benefits of blood donation:

  • Donating blood can help in thinning of blood naturally, which improves many health issues.

  • Outcomes of various research have shown that donating blood helps in reducing the risks for cancer & other related concerns.

  • For removal of harmful toxins from the body, blood donation is quite useful.

  • By donating blood, it has been observed that the donor’s bone marrow creates new red cells.

  • Donating blood is quite meritorious as it reduces the risk of heart and liver ailments which are caused due to iron overload in the body due improper eating habits. .

  • Donating blood helps in  reducing the risk of developing hemochromatosis.


🩸 In low-income countries, up to more than half of blood transfusions are given to children below the age of 5.
In high-income countries, the most frequently transfused patient group is over 60 years of age. #GiveBlood https://t.co/v4zOfvwe64 pic.twitter.com/7eY3YdjYUf

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) June 14, 2022