Nigeria: Blood Banks Save Lives
According to the United Nations Population Fund report one of the leading causes of maternal mortality is hemorrhaging. Lack of blood reservoirs, due to the HIV epidemic, has hindered health care professionals in Nigeria from combating this preventable cause of death. Emerging blood banks, which reduce the waiting times for blood by 75%, are a step in the right direction for the fight to save lives in Nigeria. UNIA Programme # 1301 Transcript (pdf): http://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/unia1301.pdf
Date:21 June 2011
Programme number:1301
Duration:00:04:14