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World Blood Donor Day

“ Blood Donation Costs You Nothing, But It Can Mean The World To Someone In Need.”



World Blood Donor Day takes place on 14 June each year. The aim is to raise global awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products for transfusion and of the critical contribution voluntary, unpaid blood donors make to national health systems. The day also provides an opportunity to call to action to governments and national health authorities to provide adequate resources and put into place systems and infrastructures to increase the collection of blood from voluntary, non-remunerated blood donors.


Safe blood and blood products and their transfusion are critical aspects of care and public health. They save millions of lives and improve the health and quality of life of many patients every day. The need for blood is universal, but access to blood for all those who need it is not. Blood shortages are particularly acute in developing countries.


To ensure that everyone who needs safe blood has access to it, all countries need voluntary, unpaid donors who give blood regularly. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, despite limited mobility and other challenges, blood donors in many countries have continued to donate blood and plasma to patients who need a transfusion. This extraordinary effort during a time of unprecedented crisis highlights the crucial role of well-organized, committed voluntary, non-remunerated blood donors in ensuring a safe and sufficient blood supply during normal and emergency times.


The focus of this year’s campaign

For 2021, the World Blood Donor Day slogan is “Give blood and keep the world-beating”. This message highlights the essential contribution of blood donors to make keeping the world pulsating by saving lives and improving others’ health. It reinforces the global call for more people all over the world to donate blood regularly and contribute to better health.


A special focus of this year’s campaign is the role of young people in ensuring a safe blood supply. In many countries, young people have been at the forefront of activities and initiatives aimed at achieving safe blood supplies through voluntary, non-remunerated blood donations. Young people from a large sector of the population in many societies and are generally full of idealism, enthusiasm, and creativity.



The specific objectives of this year’s campaigns are :


  • Thank blood donors in the world and create wider public awareness of the need for regular, unpaid blood donation;

  • Promote the community values of blood donation in enhancing community solidarity and social cohesion;

  • Encourage youth to embrace the humanitarian call to donate blood and inspire others to do the same;

  • Celebrate the potential of youth as partners in promoting health.

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  • Italy will host World Blood Donor Day 2021 through its National Blood Centre. The global event will be held in Rome on 14 June 2021.


Working together for World Blood Donor Day

Your involvement and support will help to ensure greater impact for World Blood Donor Day 2021, increasing recognition worldwide that giving blood is a life-saving act of solidarity and those services providing safe blood and blood products are an essential element of every health care system. Participation of interested partners is welcome at all levels to make World Blood Donor Day 2021 a global success. This “ World Donor day” let each one of us pledge to donate blood regularly.


Gajera Trust had organized a 'Voluntary Blood Donation Camp' on 2nd May 2021 in memory of Late Smt. Sunitaben Chunibhai Gajera. It was just a small step to support society in this Covid-19 situation.


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