Open AccessPartnerships for organizing blood donation camp: An experience from rural North India
Author(s) -
Shashi Kant,
Sumit Malhotra,
Farhad Ahamed,
Archana Shrivastava,
Chandrakant S Pandav
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.197315
Subject(s) - medicine , deferral , donation , blood donor , rural area , blood supply , blood collection , family medicine , socioeconomics , economic growth , surgery , medical emergency , immunology , finance , business , pathology , sociology , economics
Rural areas pose challenges for motivating villagers to donate blood. We organized a blood donation camp in a rural setting by engaging multiple stakeholders. We examined the factors that influenced blood donation.