WORLD BLOOD DONOR

DAY
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WHAT IS BLOOD
• BLOOD IS A BODY FLUID IN HUMANS
AND OTHER ANIMALS THAT DELIVERS
NECESSARY SUBSTANCES SUCH AS
NUTRIENTS AND OXYGEN TO THE CELLS
AND TRANSPORT METABOLIC WASTE
PRODUCTS AWAY FROM THOSE SAME
CELLS. IN VERTEBRATES, IT IS COMPOSED
OF BLOOD CELLS SUSPENDED IN BLOOD
PLASMA.
• WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF BLOOD :
RED BLOOD CELLS (OR ERYTHROCYTES),
WHITE BLOOD CELLS (OR LEUKOCYTES)
AND PLATELETS (OR THROMBOCYTES).
WORLD BLOOD
DONOR DAY 2020
THEME AND SLOGAN
TAKING ABOUT THE THEME OF THIS
YEAR, IT IS ‘SAFE BLOOD SAVES LIVES’
WHEREAS IF YOU TALK ABOUT THE
SLOGAN, THEN IT IS ‘GIVE BLOOD
AND MAKE THE WORLD A HEALTHY
PLACE’.
EVERY YEAR ON 14 JUNE, COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATE
WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY(WBDD).
THE EVENT, ESTABLISHED IN 2004.
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 OBJECTIVES OF CELEBRATING
WORLD DONOR DAY

• TO PROVIDE A GLOBAL PLATFORM TO THANK

INDIVIDULAS WHO DONATE BLOOD AND TO
ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET DONATED.
• TO RAISE AWARENESS THAT BLOOD DONATION
ACTION BENEFITS THE SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.
• TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT EFFECTIVE NATIONAL
BLOOD DONOR PROGRAMMES AND THE ELIMINATION
OF A DEPENDENCY ON FAMILY/REPLACEMENT AND
PAID BLOOD DONATION.
• IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF
BLOOD FOR ALL PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
REQUIRING TRANSFUSION.
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HISTORY

o EVERY YEAR ON THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF KARL

LANDSTEINER ON 14 JUNE, 1868, WORLD BLOOD
DONOR DAY IS CELEBRATED. THIS EVENT WAS FIRST
INITIATED AND ESTABLISHED TO BE CELEBRATED ON
14 JUNE, 2004 BY THE ‘’WORLD HEALTH
ORGANISATIONTHE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF
RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES’’ WITH AN
AIM TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT NEED FOR
SAFE BLOOD DONATION VOLUNTARILY AND UNPAID
BY THE HEALTHY PERSON.
o KARL LANDSTEINER WAS A GREAT SCIENTIST WHO
WON THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR HIS GREAT DISCOVERY OF
THE ABO BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM.
SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ON WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY

• WHAT IS THEME FOR WORLD DONOR DAY 2018.

1. THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE
2. BLOOD CONNECTS US ALL
3. BLOOD DONORS ARE HEROES
4. BE THERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE, GIVE BLOOD, SHARE LIFE
ANS: BE THERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE, GIVE BLOOD, SHARE LIFE.

• WHICH COUNTRY IS HOSTING WBDD 2018.

1. GREECE
2. GUNIEA
3. GEORGIA
4. GUATEMALA
ANS: GREECE.
SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ON WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY

• WHAT IS THE MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR BLOOD DONATION.

1. 18 YEARS
2. 21 YEARS
3. 15 YEARS
4. 30 YEARS
ANS: 18 YEARS.

• WHICH OF THESE IS THE UNIVERSAL DONOR.

1. O-
2. AB+
3. A-
4. B+
ANS: O-
SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ON WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY
• THE WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY WAS FIRSTLY INITIATED IN WHICH YEAR.
1. 2008
2. 2012
3. 2002
4. 2004
ANS: 2004.

• WHICH ORGANISATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INITIATING WBDD.

1. WHO
2. UNICEF
3. ILO
4. IMC
ANS: WHO.
SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ON WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY
• WHICH OF THESE BLOOD GROUPS IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE UNIVERSAL RECIPIENT.
1. O-
2. B+
3. AB+
4. A-
ANS: AB+

• WHOSE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY IS CELEBRATED ON 14TH JUNE.

1. KARL LANDSTEINER
2. WILLIAM HARVEY
3. GREGOR MENDAL
4. ROBERT HOOKE
ANS: KARL LANDSTEINER.
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