Every year all over the world, people of different ages under different circumstances, there is an urgent need for urgent blood transfusion, this procedure saves millions of human lives. However, although the need for blood is enormous for many years, access to it, unfortunately, is very limited - stocks stored in special blood banks are not enough.
International Blood Donor Day - holiday history
In developing countries, the need for donation is much higher - about 180 donor procedures are registered annually in the world, and most of the lives can be saved thanks to donated blood donors who are not receiving remuneration.
To tell the world about the global problem of donor blood shortage, in 2005 the World Health Organization proclaimed the International Day of the donor, celebrated on June 14 in all countries of the world. The date was chosen not accidentally - it is timed to the birthday of Karl Landsteiner, an Austrian immunologist, who was the first to discover the world knowledge of human blood groups.
Who is the donor of blood?
A donor is a person who voluntarily shares his blood without getting a reward. Such people are more and more among the realized youth - the guys with good health and the right way of life , who want to help the person in distress.
Today, reliable blood reserves can only be provided through regular voluntary donors who are reliable and reliable, ready to respond when necessary.
In developed countries, donorship is actively developing - there are entire charitable foundations that allow timely provision of everyone who needs tested healthy blood.
Events for the International Blood Donor Day
Every year on June 14, many thematic events are held with the slogans "New Blood for Peace", "Every Donor is a Hero," "Give Life: Become a Blood Donor", whose goal is to tell the public why the world needs open access to safe blood donors and its products, as well as to draw attention to the invaluable role played by the systems of voluntary donation. It is worthwhile to understand that from situations when help may be needed for you, it is impossible to insure, therefore stocks of reserve blood donors are a global issue that one day can touch each of us.