Blood donor recruitment
Building sustainable blood donor populations, globally. Access GAP’s resources on voluntary, unpaid blood donation, designed specifically for National Society blood programs.
Becoming a regular voluntary blood donor is a simple but selfless step that everyone can take to strengthen their communities, support local health systems and save lives.
World Health Organisation, 2022
Resources by topic
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Communication and awareness
Customisable marketing materials (in-centre, mobiles, social media) | Special events: World Blood Donor Day | Disasters
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Blood donation and planning
Donor retention | Family replacement donors | Group blood donation | Pledge 25 | Blood drives | Useful planning tools
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Donor care and counselling
Donor selection (Category A) |
Donor deferral and pre-post donation care | Blood donor counselling (Category A)
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New to blood? Learn about blood and donor recruitment with this one-page checklist of resources
Recommended for: National Society staff and volunteers conducting community awareness and blood donor recruitment activities
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Strengthen your program - with this one-page checklist of resources
Recommended for: National Society Health Directors and managers, or blood program leads, to learn the fundamental requirements of a blood program – as guided by IFRC Blood Policy
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Marketing resources
Recommended for: National Society donor recruiters – these downloadable marketing materials (IEC* materials) are freely available and easy to adapt for your own program. *IEC – Information, Education, Communication