The challenges faced by developing countries in ensuring adequate blood supplies are enormous. Countries in Africa collect on average less than 50 percent of their requirements, with a large percentage of the blood collected coming from family replacement and paid donors. The African blood services are faced with additional challenges relating to blood safety and risk reduction. Successful strategies have been implemented in numerous African countries to overcome these challenges and to build a panel of regular committed blood donors when the basic requirements for the implementation of a blood service based on voluntary non-remunerated blood donors are in place. This session will consider the potential global actions that can apply to both developed and developing countries to ensure an adequate and safe blood supply.




Created in 1983 as the Donor Resources Achievement Award, this award was renamed in 1991 to honor Nancy Chapman and Ronald Franzmeier, both of whom were exceptional leaders in the area of donor recruitment. This award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions locally and nationally to effectively enhance the recruitment of blood donors. The individual should have demonstrated leadership qualities and/or a consistent willingness to lend his/her expertise to the association and/or his/her peers. It may recognize one particular act or an accumulation of years of contributions.