World Health Organization Ghana Supports Ghana's Blood Bank Through Staff Blood Donation Exercise
The World Health Organization's Ghana office conducted a voluntary blood donation drive to support the national blood bank. The initiative aims to address the gap between current collection levels and the national requirement for lifesaving medical procedures.
Why it matters
It underscores the importance of public health initiatives and community participation in maintaining essential medical infrastructure.
Blood donation is one of the simplest yet most powerful ways to save lives. Every unit of blood can help patients undergoing surgery, women experiencing complications during childbirth, accident victims, children with severe anaemia, and others in urgent need of transfusions.
Ghana National Blood Service has made good progress in coordinating the scale up of blood donations. In 2025, 204,000 units of blood were collected nationally. While this represents the rigorous efforts of our healthcare personnel and one of the service's strongest performance in recent years, it falls short of the World Health Organization's recommended annual requirement of 308,000 units for the nation representing donations from 1% of the population.
As part of its commitment to supporting Ghana's national blood supply, WHO Ghana organized a voluntary blood donation exercise for staff at the Country Office in partnership with the National Blood Service.
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