World Blood Donor Day 2024: Date, Theme, Significance, History, And Activities

Blood donation is one of the most righteous things to do as it can help an ailing individual get the required treatment. Blood donation can assist individuals experiencing extreme blood loss, Anemia and cancer through transfusion.

Every year, World Blood Donor Day is celebrated to spread awareness about the need for this noble act and how it can save lives. It is also to honour selfless blood donors. Let us learn about its date, this year’s theme, significance, history, and activities to promote the mission.

World Blood Donor Day 2024 Date

World Blood Donor Day is celebrated every year on June 14. This year, it falls on a Friday.

World Blood Donor Day 2024 Theme

This year’s World Blood Donor Day theme is "20 years of celebrating giving: thank you blood donors!" The theme highlights the glorious completion of two decades since this day was first announced and aims to extend gratitude towards selfless blood donors providing clean and healthy blood to ailing individuals

World Blood Donor Day 2024 History

The first documented blood transfusion was performed by Dr Richard Lower, a scientist who experimented with the process on two dogs in 1665. Years later in the early 1900s, Karl Landsteiner, an Austrian biologist and physician, known as the founder of modern blood transfusion, classified blood into groups formulating a system. Since its discovery, blood donation and transfusions have become a key procedure in the healthcare industry.

June 14 is Landsteiner’s birthday first celebrated as World Blood Donor Day in 2005.

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World Blood Donor Day 2024 Significance

World Blood Donor Day aims to educate individuals about the necessity of blood donation to treat severe ailments like cancer (Breast Cancer Awareness), anaemia, and blood loss. It also informs blood donors about the requirement to donate healthy and clean blood as per the demanded blood group.

World Blood Donor Day 2024 Activities

Here are some activities to organise on World Blood Donor Day at your workplace or locality to educate the masses:

• Visit a healthcare centre or blood bank and donate your blood, especially if it's a rare blood group.
• Organise a camp to educate people about the need for this noble act.
• Participate or volunteer in World Blood Donor Day events near you to learn more about the procedure.

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