Question: When is the World Blood Donor Day celebrated?
(a) 14 June
(b) 12 June
(c) 10 June
(d) 15 June
Answer:(a)
Related facts:
- On 14 June 2020, World Blood Donor Day was celebrated all over the world.
- 2020 Theme -Safe blood Saves lives
- Slogan – Give Blood and Make the World a Healthier Place
- This day is celebrated to raise awareness about the need for safe blood and their importance in treatments.
- Also this day promotes the need for voluntary blood donation.
Background:
- The day was first observed on 14 June 2004.
- This day began to be observed in the year 2005 as a joint initiative of WHO & International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies(IFRC).
- This day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Karl Landsteiner.
- He was an Austrian scientist who has been conferred the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1930 for his discovery of the ABO blood group system. He is recognized as the father of transfusion medicine.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay
Links:
https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2020/06/14/default-calendar/world-blood-donor-day-2020