World Blood Donor Day takes place on 14 June each year. Established in 2005 by the World Health Assembly, it aims to raise global awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products for transfusion and of the critical contribution made by voluntary unpaid blood donors to national health systems. The focus for World Blood Donor Day 2010 will be on young donors – our “New Blood for the World”.
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