This post covers the full Red Cross blood donation history and that of the Redcross with their roles in blood donation campaigns. For some reason I usually imagine an emergency scenario where urgent blood donation is needed to save lives;…
Being charitable could be as straightforward as donating blood. The American Red Cross Society has made us understand that over 31% of blood transfusions in the world come from voluntary non-remunerated blood donors. It is ideal that before donors are…
In the last post, we discussed the Red Cross Blood donation history, and we saw how an idea from a young Swiss man named Henry Dunant transformed to what we now know today as the International Federation of the Red…
Not every health center, public or private hospital have blood banks in Nigeria. One of the major challenges affecting Voluntary blood donation in Nigeria Negatively is the lack of available resources needed to procure a quality blood bank. Another…
Every blood donor saves the live(s) of 1-3 patients. But for some non-remunerated blood donors, there are those who donate blood mainly to save a patient’s life, and those who while saving a patient’s life may have an interest in…
The challenges of blood donation in Nigeria are not so different from the various challenges that affect the efficiency of all other systems in Nigeria. The fact that Nigeria is still a developing country is a huge one because it…
Are you planning to donate blood for the first time? And maybe you might be feeling nervous or may be having a mixed feeling. Don’t worry, it happened to me too on my first day. And I will be sharing…
People can be very superstitious in the way they perceive certain phenomena especially when it deals with human life and death. Over 60% of the population identify with a religious group. It is expected that something as important as blood…
