{"id":76452,"date":"2019-06-17T11:28:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T11:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=76452"},"modified":"2019-06-17T11:28:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T11:28:37","slug":"world-blood-donor-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/world-blood-donor-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"World Blood Donor Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: When is World Blood Donor Day celebrated?<br> (a) June, 5th <br> (b) June, 18th <br> (c) June, 12th <br> (d) June, 14th <br> Answer: (d)<br> Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>World Blood Donor Day was celebrated across the globe on 14th June.<\/li><li>The host country for World Blood Donor Day, 2019 is Rwanda.<\/li><li>The theme of this day was: Blood Donation and Universal Access to Safe Blood Transfusion, as a component of achieving universal health coverage. <\/li><li>A slogan: Safe Blood for All has also been adopted.<\/li><li>This day encourages more people all over the world to become blood donors and donate blood regularly. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Facts about Blood donation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>There are three type of blood donors; voluntary unpaid, family\/replacement and paid.<\/li><li>Of the 117.4 million blood donations collected globally, 42% of these are collected in high-income countries having 16% of the world\u2019s population.<\/li><li>In low-income countries, up to 52% of blood transfusions are given to children under 5 years of age; whereas in high-income countries, the most frequently transfused patient group is over 65 years of age, accounting for up to 75% of all transfusions.<\/li><li>Based on samples of 1000 people, the blood donation rate is 32.6 donations in high-income countries, 15.1 donations in upper-middle-income countries, 8.1 donations in lower-middle-income countries and 4.4 donations in low-income countries.<\/li><li>71% of reporting countries, or 123 out of 173, had a national blood policy in 2015. Overall, 60% of reporting countries, or 104 out of 173, has specific legislation covering the safety and quality of blood transfusion.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/campaigns\/world-blood-donor-day\/2019\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/campaigns\/world-blood-donor-day\/2019<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/blood-safety-and-availability\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/blood-safety-and-availability<br><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsonair.com\/News?title=World-Blood-Donor-Day-today--All-you-need-to-know&amp;id=364874\">http:\/\/www.newsonair.com\/News?title=World-Blood-Donor-Day-today&#8211;All-you-need-to-know&amp;id=364874<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: When is World Blood Donor Day celebrated? (a) June, 5th (b) June, 18th (c) June, 12th (d) June, 14th Answer: (d) Related facts: World Blood Donor Day was celebrated across the globe on 14th June. The host country for World Blood Donor Day, 2019 is Rwanda. 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