Friends and family are often called on to donate blood to loved ones in a medical emergency or ahead of routine surgery.
But across the continent, there is a shortfall in blood needed for life saving transfusions.
The World Health Organisation estimates that they are only meeting half the need.
Aisha Dafalla and Kennedy Sanya are Kenya’s biggest donors. Betw ... Show More
Aug 20
Focus on Africa: Increased concerns over missing Ethiopia journalists
Two prominent journalists in Ethiopia, Abdulsemed Mohammed and Yonas Amare, have been missing for more than a week after being abducted by what reports say, were men wearing masks and military uniforms. There has been no news about their whereabouts but their disappearances have ... Show More
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May 2024
Infected Blood: The PM apologies for a 50 year cover-up
The infected blood scandal was "not an accident" and its failures lie with "successive governments, the NHS, and blood services", a public inquiry has found.
More than 30,000 people were infected with HIV and hepatitis C from 1970 to 1991 after being given contaminated blood pro ... Show More
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