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BY: Joshua Bediako Koomson
Category: General News
• Dr Justina K. Ansah (4th left), Chief Executive Officer, National Blood Service, with some zonal leaders of the National Blood Service after the meeting.
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The Ghana National Blood Service (NBS) achieved only 24 per cent of its target of 75 per cent voluntary unpaid blood donation last year due to the impact of COVID-19.
This was as a result of restrictions on social distancing occasioned by the pandemic which affected mass blood donation across the country.
Regular blood donations by voluntary donors from low-risk populations is a prerequisite for achieving self-sufficiency in safe blood and blood products for every country.
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BY: Joshua Bediako Koomson
Category: Health
Mr Kwabena Boadu Oku-Afari (4th right), Chief Director, Ministry of Health and Dr Justina Ansah (2nd left), Chief Executive Officer, National Blood Service, Ghana, together with other dignitaries launching the Blood Donation Tracker App. Picture: EDNA SALVO-KOTEY
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The National Blood Service (NBS) in collaboration with the Kwaaba Foundation, a Non-governmental organisation, has launched a blood donation tracker Application (app) that aims at getting more students in second cycle schools in the country to donate blood.
Blood shortage continues to be a worrying issue in view of the fact that the country has never been able to meet its blood requirement level of one per cent of the population.