Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Vietnam collected 1.336 million in 2018, of which 98.3 percent were
donated by volunteer donors who account for only 1.68 percent of the nation’s
population, heard a conference held by the National Steering Committee for
Voluntary Blood Donation in Hanoi on March 12.
Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu,
President of the and deputy head of the
national steering committee, said that the volume of blood received in 2018 was
11.5 times higher than that of 1994.
The national blood donation mobilisation network has been formed. To date, all
provinces and cities have set up steering committees for the work at the
provincial, municipal, and district levels.
Many activities have
been organised and produced positive results, including the Red Spring
festival, the Red Sunday programme, and the Red Journey campaign.
Communication
campaigns on blood donation have been intensified, contributing to increasing
public awareness of voluntary blood donation, Thu added.
Deputy Director of the
National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion Pham Tuan Duong said
that the strong development of annual voluntary blood donation campaigns has
made great contributions to the growth of the country’s blood transfusion
sector, as well as the modern health sector.
At the conference, the
national steering committee granted certificates of merit to 35 collectives for
great contributions to blood donation campaigns.–VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
