Welcome to Global Blood Fund’s Blood News Roundup from Around the World, a bi-monthly collection of stories about blood safety, access, technology and innovation, news and more. Whether you’re in the blood collection industry, in the global healthcare or public health space, or simply have a heart for what we do here at GBF, we hope this rotation of articles provides you valuable insights and the inspiration needed to keep making our world a better place.
Sport, art, and blood donation
- BCCI hosts 12,000 cancer and thalassemia patients for GT-DC’s IPL match (Times of India)
- Cuban artists join blood donation movement (Prensa Latina)
- College students embrace life-saving duties through ‘Blood Olympics’ (Philippine Information Agency)
- Aguilas Art-based Blood Drive Draws In Over 150 Donors (Murcia Today)
Upward trend in Iran, Greece with a plan
- Blood donation rises by 4.7% year on year (Tehran Times)
- Greece’s Plan To Tackle Blood Donation Shortages (Greek City Times)
Kenya’s ‘Blood Deserts’ and ‘A Duty of Conscience’ in Jordan
AI Corner
- AI may help detect signs of ovarian cancer in the blood (UPI)
- Scopio Labs Receives FDA Clearance For AI-Driven Bone Marrow Analysis Application (Inside Precision Medicine)
Vroom, vroom?
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