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On World Blood Donor Day, Higher Education supports the culture of donation and values the efforts of academic institutions

 
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The UAE and the world are celebrating the World Blood Donor Day, whose slogan for this year is: Safe blood for saving mothers on Saturday, 14th of June, 2014, which aims to raise awareness about why timely access to safe blood and blood products is essential for all countries as part of a comprehensive approach to prevent maternal deaths.

The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2003 classified the UAE as one of the best five countries in the world, and the first in the Middle East in the field of blood transfusion services. Such services at the Ministry of Health support the organizations’ programs and blood donation, and the Sharjah Blood Transfusion and Research Center at the Ministry of Health was chosen by the WHO as a regional collaborative center for training and research in the field of Transfusion Medicine for eight consecutive years 2008-2016. The report of the computer systems of the Blood Transfusion and Research Center of the Ministry of Health showed that UAE citizens make up the highest percentage of blood donors from 96 nationalities registered in the data of the blood donation center, which reflects the humane side and love of volunteering and doing good in UAE citizens who make up 21% of the total blood donors in the State.

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research participates with all Ministries and institutions of the State in the organization of the blood donation campaigns every year, through collecting blood units from the employees of the Ministry, posting awareness messages on its website and social media platforms, and distributing posters, in implementation of its strategy which aims to highlight its social role, as blood donation is a humane and noble act that contributes in saving the life of thousand patients who need blood transfusion, such as people who are exposed to dangerous accidents and consequently lose a large amount of blood, those who suffer from malignant or incurable diseases, or patients with Thalassemia, and such donations receive overwhelming response from the employees and customers of the Ministry as a result of the efforts exerted by the Government Communication Department before the date of implementing the campaign to spread the culture of blood donation.

The Ministry participated in supporting the Emirates Thalassemia Society’s initiative in October of last year, which aimed to register a new world record in – Guinness Book of Records– for the largest drop of human blood in the world, and such directive comes to spread awareness about the disease and support those afflicted in the State.

The Ministry always emphasizes that the blood donation campaign is the biggest evidence of giving and humanity, and it values and encourages universities and academic institutions that work on spreading the culture of voluntary blood donation among its students, employees, and the civil society, through which donors will send a message that  expresses their love for giving and good, since many of the patients in State hospitals and health centers need to save their lives daily, and are in dire need of every drop of blood.

6/15/2014

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