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Blood donation drives expand across Latin America

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2026-08-04 13:45 UTC → 2026-08-11 00:13 UTC · added removed

The regional push for blood donation that began on 9 in July 2026 with coordinated blood‑donation drives in Spain and Peru has continued to broaden its reach. By the end of July, Argentina intensified its campaign, promoting voluntary collections in Salta and San Rafael and organizing events at the city council and the Faculty of Applied Sciences to Industry in partnership with the Hospital Schestakow’s Hemotherapy Service expanded through infrastructure upgrades and the Argentine Red Cross. localized campaigns across Latin America. On 30 July 2026, the Mexican Red Cross in Tijuana opened a new, state‑of‑the‑art new blood bank, a 128‑slice tomograph 128-slice tomograph, and an advanced operating room costing 23 million pesos. The tomograph reduces patient radiation and speeds scans by about approximately 50 percent, while the operating room features includes 4K monitors and harmonic scalpels. The upgraded bank can store plasma for up to a year and Officials noted the expansion will not raise patient fees. Simultaneously, fees and urged the community to donate altruistically. Concurrently, drives were held in Arica, Chile (with Chile, involving 54 soldiers from the Chilean Army) Army, and again in Salta, Argentina. Argentina, at the city council. In early August, Argentina added collections in La Plata—held on intensified its efforts. On 3 August August, a collection was held at the Centro Bioquímico Distrito I, with pre‑registration and an option I in La Plata, offering participants the chance to join the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry—and an appeal from Registry. In San Juan, the Instituto Provincial de Hemoterapia in San Juan after (IPHEM) issued an appeal following a recent decline in donations. Officials warned donations, warning that continued drops shortages could jeopardise future supply jeopardize supplies for surgeries, emergencies, oncology treatments oncology, high-risk births, and high‑risk births. All these coordinated actions aim emergencies. By mid-August, Argentine health authorities continued various initiatives. At the Hospital Centro de Salud, weekly Monday drives persisted despite lower turnout due to embed regular, altruistic donation habits and cold weather. Additionally, the Institute of Hemotherapy organized a mobile unit drive in Plaza Brandsen, Buenos Aires Province. Representative Micaela Maldonado emphasized that because blood cannot be manufactured, the initiative is vital to alleviate critical shortages maintaining supplies for accidents, surgeries, emergencies and chronic treatments throughout the region. transplants.

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  1. 2026-08-11 00:13 UTC Blood donation drives expand across Latin America
  2. 2026-08-04 13:45 UTC Blood donation drives expand across Latin America
  3. 2026-08-01 05:03 UTC Blood donation drives expand across Latin America
  4. 2026-07-30 23:54 UTC Blood donation campaigns in Spain, Peru, and Argentina

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