国际英语资讯:Greece marks World Blood Donor Day with call for wider participation
<p><span word="ATHENS">ATHENS</span>, <span word="June">June</span> 14-- <span word="Greece">Greece</span> <span word="marked">marked</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Blood">Blood</span> <span word="Donor">Donor</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="calling">calling</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="wider">wider</span> <span word="participation">participation</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="donations">donations</span> <span word="nationwide">nationwide</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="meet">meet</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="needs">needs</span>.</p><p><span word="Established">Established</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2004, <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Blood">Blood</span> <span word="Donor">Donor</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="marked">marked</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="June">June</span> 14 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="raise">raise</span> <span word="awareness">awareness</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="life">life</span>-<span word="saving">saving</span> <span word="gift">gift</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="slogan">slogan</span> <span word="for">for</span> 2019 <span word="is">is</span> "<span word="Safe">Safe</span> <span word="Blood">Blood</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="All">All</span>".</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="awareness">awareness</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Blood">Blood</span> <span word="Donation">Donation</span> (<span word="EKEA">EKEA</span>), <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Greek">Greek</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="responsible">responsible</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="attracting">attracting</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="maintaining">maintaining</span> <span word="volunteer">volunteer</span> <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="donors">donors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="securing">securing</span> <span word="adequate">adequate</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="stocks">stocks</span>, <span word="urged">urged</span> <span word="Greeks">Greeks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="participating">participating</span> <span word="en">en</span> <span word="masse">masse</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="donations">donations</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="Greece">Greece</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 600,000 <span word="units">units</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="required">required</span> <span word="annually">annually</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="only">only</span> 40 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="covered">covered</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="volunteer">volunteer</span> <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="donors">donors</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="data">data</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="worth">worth</span> <span word="noting">noting</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="fixed">fixed</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="requirements">requirements</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="to">to</span> 120,000 <span word="units">units</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="address">address</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="suffering">suffering</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Thalassemia">Thalassemia</span>, <span word="also">also</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</span> <span word="anemia">anemia</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="EKEA">EKEA</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="of">of</span> 538,580 <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="units">units</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="collected">collected</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2017, 318,044 <span word="from">from</span> <span word="volunteer">volunteer</span> <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="donors">donors</span> <span word="and">and</span> 220,536 <span word="from">from</span> <span word="replacement">replacement</span> <span word="donors">donors</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="relatives">relatives</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="friends">friends</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="addition">addition</span>, <span word="Greece">Greece</span> <span word="imported">imported</span> 27,050 <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="units">units</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Swiss">Swiss</span> <span word="Red">Red</span> <span word="Cross">Cross</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2017 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cover">cover</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</span> <span word="anemia">anemia</span> <span word="sufferers">sufferers</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Organization">Organization</span>, <span word="Greece">Greece</span> <span word="belongs">belongs</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 60 <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="meet">meet</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="blood">blood</span> <span word="autonomously">autonomously</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rely">rely</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="replacement">replacement</span> <span word="donors">donors</span>.</p>
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