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Mr. Dan Sackey (left) interacting with Ms. Deborah Kwablah after launching the blood donation exercise
It appeared that if only 1% of the country's population voluntarily donated blood every three months, this would reduce the periodic blood shortage at the National Blood Service.
The National Blood Service's program coordinator, Mark Kofi Tetteh, who said this during a blood drive exercise held in Accra last Friday, said the voluntary blood donation should be done regularly to make the service fully operational and save lives.
As a result, he said the service planned to strengthen collaboration with stakeholders as part of measures to accelerate voluntary blood donations across the country.
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Mr. Tetteh was speaking at a blood drive organized by Ecobank Ghana in partnership with Nestle Ghana Limited, Ernest Chemist and the National Blood Service to mark World Donor Day.
This year's campaign focused on blood donation and universal access to a safe blood transfusion as part of achieving universal health coverage.
The bank is a donor institution that undertakes annual blood donor exercises to support efforts to rebuild the national blood bank's inventory.
The slogan for this year's campaign is Safe Blood for All.
To demonstrate the bank's commitment, its CEO, Mr. Dan Sackey, said staff members of the bank and its affiliated institutions, eProcess, Ecobank Development Corporation and Pan Africa Savings and Loans, had blood donation in four key centers across the country.
"The centers where the exercises take place simultaneously are Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Tamale," he said.
"The bank's customers were also encouraged to participate in the exercise at the various centers. Last year, the bank's efforts helped to donate more than 800 units of blood, "he added.
Mr Sackey said the organizers of the exercise were convinced that it would save lives, families and homes.
He encouraged the bank's employees and clients to become regular donors and continue to make healthy lifestyle choices so that they can continue to donate blood at least once a year.
Participation
Ms. Deborah Kwablah, Corporate Communications Manager at Nestlé Ghana Limited, called on the general public to donate blood to save lives.
She expressed her company's determination to contribute to the promotion of preventive health by encouraging the adoption of healthy lifestyles and raising public awareness of health.
"We need to make sure that people are aware of the need to donate blood. Indeed, when it will be your turn, you will not want to be the one who will be told that there is no blood to save your life. So when you're alive and well, it's time to donate blood, "she said.
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