14 June 2014 was the "World Blood Donor Day". Members of the NHW team recently visited the Nigerian National Blood Transfusion Service and subsequently joined them on one of their blood drives. We bring you an account of our visit which was followed by donating blood ourselves. Read our story and go off yourself to donate blood.
Tunde is 40. I met him on my way into the Nigerian National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) in Abuja. He was leaving with a group of 5 friends. We chatted briefly, and he told me that, rather than throw a big birthday party this year, he had decided to do something special; give blood. He explained that he could not imagine a better source of happiness at the moment than the knowledge that, a few hours later, this singular act of his may save someone else's life.
In a quiet street in Wuse Zone 3 in Abuja lies the National Headquarters of the National Blood Transfusion Service, which is actually still a Department of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health. The importance of a blood transfusion service has been especially highlighted in Nigeria recently because of the recent spate of violence.
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