Last year 1,682,724 people gave
blood in Italy, a rise of 0.2% with respect to 2017 to put an
end to years of falling numbers, the national blood centre said
on Wednesday.
The centre presented the data and a new health ministry
website for blood donations, (www.donailsangue.sanita.gov.it),
ahead of World Blood Donor Day on Friday.
"We all have to work to support and develop the Italian blood
system, which has been recognised as a model to follow by the
WHO (World Health Organization) and it has tasked us with
organizing the global event for the 2020 World Blood Donor Day,"
said Health Minister Giulia Grillo.
The only negative note is that the number donors aged between
18 and 25 has been in constant decline since 2013 and there were
just over 210,000 last year, 12% of the total.
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