Saturday, 19 Dec 2020 07:21 PM MYT
the number of donors aged 18 - 30 in relation to the youth population in Malaysia is very low every year. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KOTA KINABALU, Dec 19 ― The Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) Sabah is trying to improve its blood donation campaign to reach young people.
Its blood donation programme coordinator, Leslie Chan Boon Siang, said that the number of donors aged 18 - 30 in relation to the youth population in Malaysia is very low every year.
“According to records, about 23,000 people in Sabah donated blood in 2019 and just 27 per cent were young people. This is so little because 70 per cent of Sabah’s population is made up of young people.
KOTA KINABALU (Bernama): The Malaysian Red Crescent Society s (MRCS) Sabah branch is trying to improve its blood donation campaigns to reach out to more young people.
Blood donation programme coordinator Leslie Chan Boon Siang said that the number of donors aged 18 to 30 years old in relation to the youth population in Malaysia is very low every year. According to records, about 23,000 people in Sabah donated blood in 2019 and just 27% were young people. This is so little because 70% of Sabah’s population is made up of youth. We would like to increase the number of young donors to at least 37%, ” Chan told Bernama Saturday (Dec 19), adding that discussions will be held with hospitals to find ways to widen the campaign reach.
Malaysia: Floods Emergency Plan of Action Final Report (DREF n° MDRMY004)
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Heavy rains continued in Malaysia since they began to make its mark in the northern states of the western peninsula from the end of November 2019. At the end of November 2019, water level rose in some rivers in Kelantan and Terengganu. On 29 November 2019, Sungai Golok at Jenob Tanah Merah and Sungai Lebir in Tualang Kuala Krai breached its warning level respectively1 . As for Terengganu states, the levels of three rivers in Setiu and one in Besut namely Sungai Nerus in Kampung Langkap, Sungai Setiu in Kampung Besut, Sungai Chalok in Chalok Bridge and Sungai Besut in Kampung La had breached the danger point.