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World Blood Donor Day: NMA canvasses more funding for NBTS centres

Ihesiulo Grace 14 June 2021 0

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has called for more funding of the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) centres across the country. NMA President Prof. Innocent Ujah made the call on Monday, in Abuja, at a news conference organised by the association, in collaboration with the NBTS,

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Lagos needs 260,000 units of blood annually, says commissioner

Ihesiulo Grace 14 June 2020 0

The Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state will need about 260,000 units of blood annually to meet the growing blood transfusion demand at its health facilities. Abayomi made this known through a virtual meeting organised on Sunday by the Lagos state Blood Transfusion Service to commemorate the World Blood Donor […]

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Encourage voluntary blood donations to support ailing patients- Experts

Ihesiulo Grace 5 March 2020 0

Some medical experts on Thursday said voluntary blood donation should be encouraged as a way of supporting the ailing patients. They spoke differently at a Voluntary Blood Donation Initiative forum in Lagos, saying that it was important for people to voluntarily donate blood to those in need of it. READ ALSO: Obey judgment stopping compulsory […]

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NBTS, TCIF raise the alarm over declining number of blood donors

Ihesiulo Grace 21 June 2018 0

The National Blood Transfusion Service,(NBTS) in collaboration with Trauma Care International Foundation, (TCIF) has expressed concern over the daily decline in the number of blood donors in the country. Addressing a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, TCIF Senior Executive Officer Dr. Olajumoke Akisanya who advocated for an increase in the number of voluntary blood […]