Blood donors all over Uganda, collected 1,318 units of blood on the first day of the 5-Day NSSF Blood Drive- roughly 13% of the total target over the 5-day campaign. The Fund, in their annual blood donation campaign, launched yesterday, January 13th 2020, aims at collecting 10,000 units this year to bridge a cyclic blood shortage in Uganda’s hospital system. The campaign runs until Friday January 17th, at 23 locations in the country. 1,318 units is roughly almost enough of what is required daily in Uganda’s health system- an estimated 1,500 units daily, yet on average only 1,250 is donated…
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