The Gift of Blood -- Why It Matters

About this episode

Dr Yuyun Maryuningsih discusses the importance of blood donation and how it can save lives.

Did you know that you can save three lives in just ten minutes with the gift of your blood? What do countries need to do to have safe blood donation systems ? WHO's Dr Yuyun Maryuningsih explains all you need to know to donate blood in Science in 5.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Yuyun Maryuningsih

Topics covered

• blood donation
• health
• life-saving
• medical systems
• WHO

Keywords

• blood donation
• save lives
• health systems
• WHO
• donate blood

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WHO - World Health Organization

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