Health Bulletin 2009

The prerequisites for establishing a blood transfusion center: physical infrastructure, viz.
specialist doctor, medical officer, staff nurse, technical supervisor, councilor, necessary
equipment as per regulations, necessary furniture and reagents. The overall number of
blood centers, however, is still inadequate. Efforts to promote voluntary blood donation and
the mandatory screening of transfusion has reduced the practice of professional blood
donation remarkably from 70 per cent in 2001 to 16 per cent in 2006. Over the same period,
voluntary donation increased from 10 per cent to 24 per cent, and donations from relatives
increased from 20 per cent to 27 per cent. Patients' family members, relatives, friends and
acquaintances now donate 70% of the blood. Twenty five percent come from voluntary
donors.
No. of SBTP centers (2007 and 2008)
Location of center Year 2007 Year 2008
Medical College Hospitals 13 14
Specialized Hospitals 05 08
District Hospitals 53 59
Combined Military Hospital 13 14
Other Government and Non-Government Hospitals 11 11
Upazilla Health Complexes 00 02
BDR, Red Crescent , BIRDEM, Thalassaemia Center 04 08
Total 99 116
In 2007, SBTP screened 3, 58, 346 bags of blood and rejected 3,429 bags of
blood due to presence of various infectious disease agents.
Percentage wise Infectious Agents present in
rejected blood in SBTP centres in year 2008
Hepatitis‐
B, n=2969
87%
Total Number of screened Blood Bags: 3,58,346
Total Number of rejected Blood Bags: 3,429
There are few philanthropic organizations who promote the cause of voluntary blood
donation in the country. Sandhani, a wellknown medical and dental students' organization in
the country pioneered the voluntary blood donation movement in the country in 1978. Since
then the organization made significant contributions towards motivation of people for
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Other
9%
Malaria
, n=4
0%
Syphilis,
n=142
4%
Hepatitis‐C,
n= 301
9%
HIV,
n=13
0%