DAPCU North Delhi - Voluntary Blood Donation

Significance of Voluntary Blood Donation

In Voluntary Blood Donation the donors donate their blood voluntarily and for altruistic reasons and never know who the recipients are.

Voluntary Blood Donors are considered as the safest source of blood as they have low prevalence of TTIs (Transfusion Transmissible Infections) like HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Malaria and Syphilis while the family/replacement donors carry higher prevalence of TTIs (3). *

Against an annual requirement of 8 million units of blood, India is able to collect only 5.6 million units of which 3 million units (56%) are from voluntary blood donors while the remaining 2.6 million units (44%) from family/replacement donors. *

The national level of voluntary blood donation is 56% with States like Tripura, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra having more than 85% of voluntary blood donation. It has been estimated that of all the blood units collected in the State only 10% is from voluntary blood donors. Rest all comes from family/replacement blood donations. *

DAPCU’s Role in Voluntary Blood Donation

DAPCU can promote by the preparing Donor Recruitment Program as:-

(i) to create awareness among students/youths regarding blood donation, (ii) to sensitize principals and teachers of colleges/educational institutes/local clubs/NGOs regarding voluntary blood donation, (iii) to motivate the students/youths for blood donation, (iv) to form a network of peer motivators from various colleges/educational institutes/local clubs/NGOs, (v) to try and evaluate the effectiveness of various strategies for donor motivation. *

DAPCU can also motivate the young people and other potential donors to donate blood voluntarily on regular basis that will result:

(i) a safe and sustainable supply of blood and blood products, 
(ii) HIV & other TTI free young population. This message has to be conveyed to a large number of people so that voluntary blood donation could become a mass movement. People must understand the importance of voluntary blood donation and come forward voluntarily to donate blood.  *

DAPCU North is presently in process of raising a team of youths in the district which would be willing to donate blood voluntarily regularly and at the time of requirement.  Presently District Blood Banks organizes Voluntary Blood Donation Camps regularly in the district. DSACS also organize the VBD Camps in the Delhi University with the coordination with Red Ribbon Clubs which fell in North District.

* The information marked with a star was retrieved from //e- pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=education.Health_Issue.Importance_of_Voluntary_Blood_Donation