Towards 100% voluntary blood donation : a global framework for action
Geneva : World Health Organization, 2010.
Description:
”This global framework for action to achieve 100% voluntary blood donation has been developed jointly by the World Health Organization and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. It is designed to provide guidance and support to countries seeking to establish effective voluntary blood donor programmes, phase out family/replacement blood donation and eliminate paid donation.
The vision embodied in this framework is the achievement of 100% voluntary non-remunerated blood donation in every country of the world. It is based on the recognition that voluntary non-remunerated blood donors are the foundation of a safe, sustainable blood supply. Without a system based on voluntary unpaid blood donation, particularly regular voluntary donation, no country can provide sufficient blood for all patients who require transfusion.
This document aims to:
- provide information and guidance on the vital role of voluntary blood donors in assuring the availability of stable and sufficient supplies of safe blood for transfusion; and
- propose a series of interlinking strategies and suggestions for concrete action at national and community levels to scale up voluntary blood donor programmes with heightened commitment and support from governments, partners and other stakeholders.”
Electronic publication:
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2010/9789241599696_eng.pdf
In Russian:
К стопроцентному добровольному донорству крови
http://www.who.int/bloodsafety/publications/d173.pdf
World Blood Donor Day 2012 – Every blood donor is a hero
http://www.who.int/worldblooddonorday/en/index.html
WHO links:
Blood Safety , (WHO Health topics)
http://www.who.int/topics/blood_safety/en/
Blood Safety , (Health Topics, WHO Regional Office for Europe)
http://www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-do/health-topics/Health-systems/blood-safety
Blood safety and availability , (WHO Fact sheets)
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs279/en/index.html
Blood transfusion safety , (WHO Programmes and projects)
http://www.who.int/bloodsafety/en/
Other WHO publications related to the theme:
Current status and future strategies in safe blood for emergencies in South-eastern
Europe , (2011)
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/155588/e96082.pdf
SEE blood safety project component 2 : increasing the transnational availability of safe
blood for medical emergencies and special circumstances – reporting on progress , (2009)
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/90385/E92750.pdf
Screening donated blood for transfusion-transmissible infections : recommendations ,
(2009)
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241547888_eng.pdf
Universal access to safe blood transfusion , (2008)
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2008/WHO_EHT_08.03_eng.pdf
Blood services in south-eastern Europe : current status and challenges , (2007)
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/90401/E90300.pdf
World Blood Donor Day : ”celebrating your gift of blood”, 14 June 2005 : stories from
around the world , (2006)
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2006/9241594349_eng.pdf
The Clinical use of blood in medicine, obstetrics, paediatrics, surgery and anaesthesia,
trauma and burns , (2002)
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2001/a72894.pdf
Safe blood starts with me : blood saves lives : stories and souvenirs from World Health
Day 2000 together with useful information on blood safety , (2001)
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2001/WHO_BCT_01.03.pdf
The Clinical use of blood : handbook , (2001)
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2001/9241545399.pdf
Safe blood and blood products : establishing a distance learning programme in blood
safety : a guide for programme coordinators , (1998)
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/1998/WHO_BLS_98.3.pdf
