World Blood Donor Day 2012
On 14 June 2012, countries worldwide will celebrate World Blood Donor Day with events to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.
The theme for World Blood Donor Day 2012 is, “Every blood donor is a hero.” WHO is now inviting proposals for graphic design concepts for the World Blood Donor Day 2012 campaign!
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Blood donations worldwide
92 millionannually by all types of blood
Blood safety: factsheet 2011pdf, 1.84Mb
Donors aged under 25 years
45%of all donations collected in low- and middle-income countries
Distribution of blood donors by age, 2011pdf, 21kb
Female donors
40%or more of the blood supply in 25 countries
Distribution of blood donors by sex, 2011pdf, 21kb
