6.8 million people choose to donate blood.The World Health Organization (WHO) note that, at a global level, blood donation centers collect around 118.5 million blood donations every year.According to the WHO, in low income countries, children younger than 5 years old are the primary beneficiaries of blood donations, while in high income countries, older adults aged 60 years and above are on the receiving end of most blood transfusions.But, regardless of where in the world people live, why is it so important that they donate blood if they can?
Who benefits from all the transfusions, and why? And why should people keep on donating blood during a pandemic?To answer these and other questions, Medical News Today interviewed an expert, Dr.