The world needs enough safe blood for everyone in need.
Every few seconds, someone, somewhere, needs blood.
The need for blood is constant.
Patients need your help evening during health emergencies, like this pandemic.
Saving life is amazing. Give life, Give blood.
Regular blood donations are needed all over the world to ensure individuals and communities have access to safe and quality-assured blood and blood products.
Everyone who can donate blood should consider making regular voluntary, unpaid donations, so that all countries have adequate blood supplies.
Ensuring the safety and well-being of blood donors is critical; it helps build commitment to regular donations.
Access to safe blood and blood product is essential for universal health coverage and a key component of effective health systems.
Blood and blood products are essential to care for:
women with pregnancy and childbirth associated bleeding;
children with severe anaemia due to malaria and malnutrition;
patients with blood and bone marrow disorders, inherited disorders of haemoglobin and immune deficiency conditions;
people with traumatic injuries in emergencies, disasters and accidents; and
patients undergoing advanced medical and surgical procedures.
The need for blood and blood products is universal, but access to safe blood and blood products varies greatly across and within countries.
In many countries, it is challenging for blood services to make sufficient blood and blood products available, while also ensuring its quality and safety.
Governments, national health authorities and national blood services must work together to:
ensure systems and infrastructure are in place to increase collection of blood from voluntary, regular unpaid donors;
establish and strengthen quality assurance systems for blood and blood products to ensure safe blood and blood products;
provide quality donor care;
promote and implement appropriate clinical use of blood; and
