Question : VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION



(a) whether voluntary blood donors in India are very low as per a recent survey of the World Health Organisation;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the measures taken by the Government to encourage voluntary blood donation?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. PANABAKA LAKSHMI)

(a) & (b). The proportion of voluntary blood collection in the country during year 2005 was 51.9%. However, few states like Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, West Bengal and Chandigarh (UT) have done exceedingly well in voluntary blood collection . A state wise voluntary blood collection during year 2005 is attached at Annexure - I.

(c) National AIDS Control Organisation is conducting following activities to encourage voluntary donation in the country

(i) Organising 45000 voluntary blood donation camps in the country during 2006-07 as per Annexure - II. Each camp has to collect a minimum of 100 blood units, and

(ii) Organising advocacy workshops and awareness programmes to motivate the youth and thereby recruiting and retaining them as voluntary blood donors.

Annexure I

TOTAL BLOOD UNITS COLLECTED DURING THE YEAR 2005 ; STATE WISE

Sr.	State	Total	Volun	%	Replace	%
No	Blood	tary	ment	Collec	tion
1 Ahmedabad MACS 115295 74912 64.97 40383 35.03 2 Andaman & Nicobar 3906 2877 73.66 1029 26.34 Islands 3 Andhra Pradesh 373105 189127 50.69 183978 49.31 4 Arunachal Pradesh 1486 1342 90.31 144 9.69 5 Assam 71178 32333 45.43 38845 54.57 6 Bihar 47622 12100 25.41 35522 74.59 7 Chandigarh 54138 39144 72.3 14994 27.7 8 Chennai MACS 111496 99329 89.09 12167 10.91 9 Chhatisgarh 27945 8004 28.64 19941 71.36 10 Dadra & Nagar 2218 2218 100 0 0 Haveli 11 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 12 Delhi 292348 77580 26.54 214768 73.46 13 Goa 8276 4231 51.12 4045 48.88 14 Gujarat 500204 317338 63.44 182866 36.56 15 Haryana 125229 40707 32.51 84522 67.49 16 Himachal Pradesh 15390 9680 62.9 5710 37.1 17 Jammu & Kashmir 38778 7861 20.27 30917 79.73 18 Jharkhand 60672 15993 26.36 44679 73.64 19 Karnataka 356656 184796 51.81 171860 48.19 20 Kerala 161036 64838 40.26 96198 59.74 21 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 22 Madhya Pradesh 174606 66430 38.05 108176 61.95 23 Maharashtra 220523 18750 85.03 33015 14.97 8 24 Manipur 14731 1454 9.87 13277 90.13 25 Meghalaya 3174 327 10.3 2847 89.7 26 Mizoram 12241 7277 59.45 4964 40.55 27 Mumbai MACS 174345 90928 52.15 83417 47.85 28 Nagaland 1672 583 34.87 1089 65.13 29 Orissa 156193 84964 54.4 71229 45.6 30 Pondicherry 12823 5780 45.08 7043 54.92 31 Punjab 203325 35780 17.6 167545 82.4 32 Rajasthan 153262 35258 23.01 118004 76.99 33 Sikkim 1218 375 30.79 843 69.21 34 Tamil Nadu 153120 11126 72.66 41858 27.34 2 35 Tripura 17174 12070 70.28 5104 29.72 36 Uttar Pradesh 311818 74503 23.89 237315 76.11 37 Uttaranchal 29271 4043 13.81 25228 86.19 38 West Bengal 510465 441177 86.43 69288 13.57
TOTAL 4516939 2344129 51.9 2172810 48.1


Annexure - II

Statewise proposal for organising Voluntary Blood Donation camps for the year 2006-07
Sr	State	No. of Vol. Blood
No.	Donation camps-	Proposed
1 Ahmedabad MACS 500 2 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 30 3 Andhra Pradesh 4000 4 Arunachal Pradesh 50 5 Assam 500 6 Bihar 650 7 Chandigarh 250 8 Chennai MACS 750 9 Chhatisgarh 500 10 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 50 11 Daman & Diu 25 12 Delhi 1000 13 Goa 100 14 Gujarat 5300 15 Haryana 950 16 Himachal Pradesh 200 17 Jammu & Kashmir 200 18 Jharkhand 1900 19 Karnataka 3000 20 Kerala 1000 21 Lakshadweep 20 22 Madhya Pradesh 3500 23 Maharashtra 5000 24 Manipur 125 25 Meghalaya 100 26 Mizoram 100 27 Mumbai MACS 1000 28 Nagaland 200 29 Orissa 1200 30 Pondicherry 400 31 Punjab 750 32 Rajasthan 1500 33 Sikkim 25 34 Tamil Nadu 2000 35 Tripura 25 36 Uttar Pradesh 2500 37 Uttaranchal 600 38 West Bengal 5000 TOTAL 45000