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
Oct 3
Focus on Africa: Can Botswana continue to depend on its diamond industry?
In an exclusive interview with the BBC's Waihiga Mwaura, Botswana's President Duma Boko, outlines his plan to reduce his country's reliance on the diamond industry amid falling global demand, and how he is pushing for a 0% tariff deal with the US.Guinea is showing signs of econom ... 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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