On the occasion of World Blood Donor Day, Ecobank
Foundation and Ecobank Ghana took to social media to
create awareness on the importance of donating blood to
save lives.
The Chief Executive Officer of Ecobank Foundation, Ms.
Julie Essiam and the Managing Director of Ecobank Ghana,
Mr Dan Sackey, both encouraged Ghanaians to make blood
donation a habit to ensure continuous supply of blood to
blood banks in Ghana.
Employees of the bank earlier this year, made a donation of
over 500 pints of blood to the National Blood Bank through
an internal blood donation exercise.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), based
on samples of 1,000 people, the blood donation rate is
32.1 donations in high-income countries, 14.9 donations in
upper-middle-income countries, 7.8 donations in lower-
middle-income countries and 4.6 donations in low-income
countries.
Blood transfusion saves lives and improves health, but
many patients requiring transfusion do not have timely
access to safe blood.
The WHO maintains that providing safe and adequate
blood should be an integral part of every country’s national
health care policy and infrastructure.
Ecobank Ghana Limited has, over the years, demonstrated
through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities,
how the private sector can positively support and impact
the health and educational sectors in the country.
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