Blood Donor Day: Severe consequences as Nigeria gets 27% of annual blood need
Blood Donor Day: Severe consequences as Nigeria gets 27% of annual blood need In Nigeria, 80-90 per cent of maternal mortality is as a result of bleeding complications due to shortage of blood. 9 min read Today, in line with the tradition of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Nigeria joins countries around the world to mark this year’s edition of the World Blood Donor Day (WBDD). But like many other African nations and some other developing countries globally, Nigeria suffers greatly from her poor culture of blood donation. Due largely to challenges of poor policy formulat...