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The theme for World Blood Donor Day 2024 is: 20 years of celebrating donations – thank you, blood donors! (Image: Shutterstock)
In 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) incubated World Blood Donor Day. On the 58th World Health Anniversary, it was declared an annual global event.
World Blood Donor Day is celebrated around the world on June 14 as an occasion to honor and thank people who donate their blood voluntarily and unpaid to give the most precious gift of all: the gift of life. This day provides an opportunity to raise public awareness and build a culture of voluntary blood donation.
World Blood Donor Day is also celebrated to create greater awareness around the world about the need for availability and for more people to commit to regular voluntary blood donation to save lives.
World Blood Donor Day 2024: Theme
The theme for 2024 is 20 Years of Celebrating Giving – Thank You, Blood Donors! This is the 20th anniversary of this day and is an excellent opportunity to thank blood donors around the world for their life-saving donations and honor the profound impact on both doctors and patients. It is also the right opportunity to address the challenges we continue to face with safe accessibility to blood transfusions around the world and accelerate blood transfusion progress.
History of World Blood Donor Day
In 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) incubated World Blood Donor Day. On the 58th World Health Anniversary, it was declared an annual global event to highlight the importance of blood donation around the world.
This day was also chosen as World Blood Donor Day, as it is the anniversary of the birth of Karl Landsteiner, an Austrian-American biologist, physician, pathologist and immunologist, who received the Nobel Prize in 1930 for his work on the modern blood system. blood transfusion and blood group.
Importance of World Blood Donor Day
The importance of World Blood Donor Day lies in the fact that on this day volunteers, men and women, from various countries around the world, donate their blood and plasma selflessly and without any monetary incentive to help save the lives of people in need.
Donating blood or plasma is an activity proven to create a safe and sustainable supply of blood and blood products around the world that can be made available to save the lives of people everywhere.
World Blood Donor Day Phrases
- “Making a donation is the ultimate show of solidarity. “Actions speak louder than words”
- “Your blood is replaceable, life is not.”
- “You are not important for how long you live, you are important for how effectively you live”
- “Donating blood won't cost you anything but it will save a life”
- “Blood donation is a true act of humanity.”
