ECO-IEST President, Alternative Member to the IPBES Bureau

Human
Resources
the years 2001-2012 and explained the procedure of
blood and blood components preparation by graphs.
Iran
Abdol Majid Cheragali, Advisor to the Managing
Director of the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization
(IBTO), made a presentation explaining the country
profile, structure, history, objectives and work flow of
IBTO. He said that the IBTO has central procurement
system working under a country wide network. The
ECO Heads of Blood
Transfusion Organizations
Afghanistan
Ahmed Masoud Rahmani, MD, MBA, National
Director, Afghanistan National Blood Safety and
Transfusion Services, briefed the audience on "Mental
Models Affecting the Blood Safety Services".
He explained experiences and challenges being
faced in his country in the field of blood collection
and elaborated on Afghanistan's achievements in this
field and the future plans and programs for improvement.
He requested the ECO Member States for a
positive advocacy to the donors and other stakeholders
for blood transfusion services in Afghanistan and
providing any inter-regional training opportunities.
Azerbaijan
Chingiz Asadov, Scientific-Research Institute of
Hematology and Transfusiolgy, in his presentation,
gave brief demographic information of the country.
He informed the Meeting about the history and structure
of the blood transfusion services in Azerbaijan
before and after 2011 as well as the distribution system
of blood services. He further noted the remarkable
growth achieved in the number of donors during
Meet
trend of blood donation in Iran was explained by
graphs. While explaining the donors' profile, he said
that 45% of donors have repeated donations with the
number of male donors in majority as compared to
the female ones. Laboratory testing procedures of
donated blood were explained and the aims, activities,
achievements and international collaborations of
IBTO Research and Education Institute were introduced.
Kyrgyzstan
In his remarks, Bakyt Karabaev, Director General of
Kyrgyz National Blood Transfusion Center, Ministry of
Health, elaborated the key objectives, problems (low
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