world blood

donor day
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On June 14, 2023, World Blood Donor Day will once
again be celebrated around the world.

Around the world, approximately 118.5 million blood

donations are made. 40% in high-income countries, where
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16% of the world's population lives.

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Both the Old and New Testaments command us to abstain
from blood. Also, for God, blood represents life.

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So the Witnesses obey the Biblical mandate to abstain from
blood out of respect for God, who gave us life.
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It improves the health of the donor, contributes to the reduction of
cholesterol, triglycerides, optimizes blood flow, therefore, the
functioning of the heart, and allows greater lung capacity.

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The remunerated (paid) donation is prohibited, because it can induce
the donor to hide data about himself that compromises the health
of the recipient.

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In addition to the fact that Mexico occupies the last place in Latin America
in terms of altruistic donors, he specified that of the total donations
only 3 percent are altruistic, and in the case of Sinaloa, he added that the
percentage is only reduced to 1.1 percent.

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People who have blood group 0- (zero negative) are very
special. First, because they are very few: only 7% of the
population.

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Donating blood means giving part of one's blood so that it can be used
to help another person. The blood that is donated helps people who have
lost blood in an accident or who have a disease such as cancer.

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There is a type of blood that only 50 people in the world have had: it
is golden blood. Known medically as Rh null (RHNull), it is the most
peculiar and difficult blood type in the world to have.