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The Johannesburg cycling team.Policy. She also regards the BTSas a key arm of the educationalprogramme to limit the impact ofHIV/AIDS on the people of SouthAfrica.Lectures and symposia werearranged by the BTS at majorhospitals to emphasise theimportance of a safe blood supply.The risks involved in blood transfusion,the appropriate use ofblood and alternatives to bloodproducts were also discussed withall health care workers.The main event of BloodDonor Month was anational cycle tour of sixteams, departing frommajor cities of thecountry. Presentationson blood safety wereheld in sixty stopovercentres en route.Cyclists arrived inJohannesburg and insmaller towns(Hoedspruit, Cradock,Dordrecht and RichardsBay) as part of thecelebrations, but the highlight wastheir arrival in Bloemfontein on 14April. The kits of the cyclistsincluded the WHO slogan ‘Bloodsafety starts with me’, enthusiasticallyembraced by the localmedia and prominent members ofsociety. These dignitarieshonoured local blood donors,volunteer helpers and communityservice organizations.Media impactNumerous press articles appearedon or about the 7 April stressingthe need for safe blood, the threatof transmissible diseases, anddemonstrating the link between ahealthy lifestyle and a safe bloodsupply.On 7 April, many radio interviewswere broadcast with blood transfusionpersonnel, health careworkers, hospital staff, patientswho have benefited from bloodtransfusion and spokespersons forthe Department of Health. Themessage was clear: patientsdesperately need safe blood andthis can only come from regular,voluntary, non-remunerated blooddonors from low risk populationgroups.Presenters of popular TV programmessuch as Who wants to bea millionaire and the nationalnews prominently wore ribbonsand badges in support of WorldHealth Day, applauding thecommitment of blood donors toserve the community andexplaining the need for safe blood.A TV commercial sponsored by amajor retail consumerorganization and an internationalmanufacturer of blood bags waslaunched on 7 April. This one anda half minute promotion appealsto the public to donate blood andhighlights important facets ofblood donation, processing andtransfusion. The public isenlightened on laboratoryscreening, statistics on bloodusage and blood collection targets.The South African Medical Journalhas agreed to publish an editorialon the theme during the course ofthe year.Other initiativesNational and private cellulartelephone networks transmitted toall who received calls on 7 Aprilthe Minister of Health’s messagethat “safe blood starts with me”.Exhibition stands were set up inmajor libraries and shoppingmalls; the Professional SoccerLeague adopted the blood safetyproject as a social responsibilityand the national football team,Bafana Bafana, wore the blueribbon all through April.18 ▲ WORLD HEALTH DAY ▼ SAFE BLOOD STARTS WITH ME
Scholars represent a key opportunityto spread the message thatsafe blood is the responsibility ofthe individual. A national artcompetition was launched, withsecondary school students askedto submit artwork on the theme“a celebration of life”. Studentinvolvement has a positive effecton blood donation and makes themaware of the link between safeblood and the lifestyle of blooddonors.Honours were bestowed onvoluntary donors who had givenmore than 200 units of blood. InJohannesburg, tribute was paid toScholars stage a pageant to illustrate the role of a bloodtransfusion for crash victims.Anthony Heyns of the South African Blood Transfusion Services,rewards Rodney Richardson.Rodney Richards and MorrisCreswick who had clearlydemonstratedtheir commitmentto serve thecommunity bydonating morethan 300 units ofblood, on averagealmost six times ayear, for morethan fifty years: atruly remarkableachievement!In GautengProvince, theyouth stageda motorvehicle accidentwithhealth careworkersproviding firstaid andreplicated thedemonstrationon a truckthat paradedaround theneighbourhood.The processionaimed to illustrate the lifesavingrole that blood donors playin the treatment of casualties andgave the BTS an opportunity toeducate the community on theimportance of safe blood. Thisproject has motivated manymembers of the community tobecome involved in the bloodprogramme either as blooddonors, sponsors of blood donationor as voluntary helpers.World Health Day 2000 was agreat success in South Africa, andwill no doubt continue into 2001,the Year of the Volunteer, with alasting and positive impact onpublic awareness, bloodprocurement and the practice ofblood transfusion in thiscountry. ▲For more information on bloodsafety activities in South Africa,contact:Chief Executive DirectorSouth African National BloodService, Private Bag X14,Weltevreden Park 1715Tel: +27(11) 761 9111Fax: +27(11) 761 9113E-mail: aheyns@inl.sanbs.org.zaInternet: www.sanbs.org.za19 ▲ WORLD HEALTH DAY ▼ SAFE BLOOD STARTS WITH ME
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