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WHO Calls For More Blood Donations Worldwide
Seventy-seven countries do not have a blood donation rate high enough to meet "the basic needs for blood transfusions," reports the Associated Press. The World Health Organization (WHO) released new global data on blood donation for World Blood Donor Day on June 14. "[H]alf of the global blood donations are collected in developed nations, home to only 16 percent of the world's population," according to AP (6/11).
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