Safe blood can save lives. Women with complications during pregnancy and childbirth, children with severe anemia (often caused by malaria or malnutrition), accident victims, and surgical and cancer patients all need blood transfusions.
Blood can only be stored for a limited time before use, so a continuous and regular supply of blood is needed. There needs to be a sufficient number of healthy people donating blood regularly to ensure a constant supply of blood is available at all times.
Blood is a gift of life, the most precious gift one can give to another. Donating blood can save a life, and if your donated blood is separated into red blood cells, platelets, and plasma, it can save multiple lives of people with specific diseases.