Open AccessA new donor system for the patients with thalassemia: "Blood mother and blood father"
Author(s) -
Duran Canatan,
Ahmet Ozsancak
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6247.67036
Subject(s) - medicine , thalassemia , christian ministry , blood transfusion , blood donor , turkish , pediatrics , surgery , immunology , philosophy , linguistics , theology
Donor recruitment programs differ in countries depending on local conditions and causes. Regularly voluntary blood donation rate should be 5% of the population but it is extremely low in Turkey. In 1998, "Thalassemia flowers don't fade" campaigning was started to get regular voluntary blood for patients with thalassemia. We would like to present results of our campaigning.