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
Jun 10
Focus on Africa: Russia's Wagner Group leaves Mali
Russia says the paramilitary group Wagner has accomplished its mission and has left Mali, although a Russian presence remains in the West African country, through the Africa Corps. So what did the Wagner Group achieve?Why has a separatist movement on the tiny, remote island of An ... 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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