Blood safety

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• 29TH Meeting of the South-eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN) in Zagreb, on 04-05 June 2012
  15-05-2012
  The Croatian Presidency of the South-eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN) (January-June 2012) is organizing its 29th Meeting in Zagreb, on 04-05 June 2012.
• Netherlands collaborating centre working on new approach to primary care
  07-03-2012
  On 20 February 2012, WHO/Europe agreed key research areas for the next two years with the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), a WHO collaborating centre for primary care.
• New publication on blood safety from the South-eastern Europe Health Network
  21-02-2012
  WHO/Europe has recently published a new document entitled, "Current status and future strategies in safe blood and blood components transnational availability for medical emergencies and special circumstances in South-eastern Europe".
• Tajikistan hosts blood donation event
  19-01-2012
  The Ministry of Health of Tajikistan and the Republican Blood Centre, technically supported by WHO/Europe and other internaional partners, hosted an event to highlight the importance of voluntary blood donation. It was held on 12 January 2011 in Dushanbe.
• Tajikistan celebrates World Blood Donor Day
  21-06-2011
  With local partners, the WHO Country Office, Tajikistan, celebrated World Blood Donor Day on 14 June 2011, in order to raise awareness about the need for safe blood and to thank voluntary blood donors for their life-saving gifts.
• Safest blood is from voluntary, unpaid donations
  14-06-2011
  On World Blood Donor Day 2011, WHO calls on more people all over the world to save lives by volunteering to donate blood regularly.
• Just published: WHO guidelines on good manufacturing practices for blood establishments
  01-06-2011
  This new publication is the work of the WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations, which meets annually. Their reports (Technical Report Series) include all adopted guidelines in the form of Annexes.
• Blood safety quality management training in Tajikistan
  19-05-2011
  The WHO Country Office in Tajikistan, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and the Republican Blood Center organized a special series of quality management training  on blood safety 3-14 May 2011 in Kulyab.
• Turkey “translated into action” Tallinn Charter on Health Systems
  12-05-2011
  In recent years, Turkey’s national health service has undergone major reforms, yielding significant improvements in utilization, effectiveness and health outcomes. Ms Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe, has identified Turkey as a successful example of a country implementing the values and principles of the Tallinn Charter.
• SEE Regional Centre for Blood Safety organizes its first training for blood supply management in emergencies
  11-05-2011
  With international expert advice and support from the Council of Europe (CoE), the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM), WHO Europe and the WHO Collaborating Centre in quality management in Slovenia, the SEE training of trainers in blood transfusion safety in emergency situations aims to strengthen partnership and capacity of response in blood safety and availability, for emergencies and special circumstances in South Eastern Europe. This event, led by the Regional SEE blood safety centre, Oradea, Romania, will take place 7-9 June 2011.
• World Blood Donor Day 2011
  04-04-2011
  On 14 June 2011, countries worldwide will celebrate World Blood Donor Day with events to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.
• Quality management of blood services in Tajikistan
  05-01-2011
  A workshop on quality management of blood services was held 29 November-11 December 2010 at the National Scientific Blood Center (NSBC) with support from WHO/Europe and Global Fund Round 8 HIV/AIDS
• Celebrating World Blood Donor Day 2010 in Turkmenistan: In the name of life and health
  14-06-2010
  On 14 June World Blood Donor Day is celebrated throughout the world, also in Turkmenistan, where a voluntary blood donor drive was held.
• Celebrating World Blood Donor Day 2010 in Kazakhstan: New blood for the world
  14-06-2010
  Participants in the blood donor promotion campaign "Become a donor today! Give hope to sick children for tomorrow!" donated 43 litres of blood. 
• Training Workshop on "Achieving 100% Voluntary Non-Remunerated Blood Donation" for priority countries in the European region, Barcelona, Spain, 16-18 June 2010
  26-05-2010
  This 3-day training workshop, organized jointly between WHO Headquarters Blood Transfusion Safety team, WHO Regional Office for Europe, the Health Department of the Government of Catalonia and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)will take place following World Blood Donor Day.
• World Blood Donor Day, 14 June 2010
  04-05-2010
  World Blood Donor Day is an international event celebrated on 14 June every year to thank regular blood donors, increase awareness of the need for blood donations; and encourage more people to give blood. World Blood Donor Day 2010 will focus on young donors with the slogan “New blood for the world”. As the need for blood increases globally, young people can make an important contribution by donating blood and by recruiting others to do so.