More Blood Donations Needed In Poor Countries

Jun 14th, 2010 | Filed under HuffingPost
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GENEVA — The World Health Organization says people make a total of 93 million blood donations worldwide every year, but the rate of donation in poor countries is far too low. The agency says one percent of a country’s population has to give blood to collect enough for the basic needs for blood transfusions. WHO says the donation rate is below 1 percent in 77 countries.

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