The ratio of voluntary blood donation in China's clinical
operation has soared from five percent in 1998 to 79.4 percent in
the first quarter of this year, the Health Ministry announced
Tuesday.
Central China's Henan
Province leads the country with the ratio of voluntary blood
donation reaching 100 percent, followed by Hainan
Province, with 99.59 percent, Shandong,
with 99.23 percent, and Shanxi,
with 99.2 percent, the ministry said.
The figures were released on June 14, which is celebrated
internationally each year as the World Blood Donors Day to promote
voluntary blood donation globally.
China has scored remarkable progress in pushing ahead with
voluntary blood donation and effectively controlling infectious
diseases caught in the course of blood transfusion.
The ministry has called on all localities to do more to promote
voluntary blood donation by capitalizing on the opportunity of the
World Blood Donors Day to eradicate any risks involved in blood
supply.
(Xinhua News Agency June 15, 2005)