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Tanzania bado inakabiliwa na tatizo la upungufu wa damu salama hospitalini huku wataalamu wakitoa wito kwa taasisi binafsi na za umma kuongeza kasi ya uchangiaji damu kwa hiari ili kubadili wimbi hilo.
Wataalamu waliokusanyika wakati wa hafla ya kuchangia damu iliyoandaliwa na wafanyakazi wa RSM Mashariki mwa Afrika katika Hospitali ya Aga Khan jana, walisema upanuzi unaoendelea wa vituo vya afya na hospitali nchini kote unahitaji damu salama ya kutosha ili kukidhi mahitaji.
Madaktari wa magonjwa ya damu walisema Tanzania bado haijafikia lengo la kukusanya damu salama kwa mujibu wa Shirika la Afya Duniani (WHO). Ofisa uhamasishaji jamii wa Mpango wa Taifa wa Damu Salama, Joel Pemba, alibainisha kuwa WHO inapendekeza nchi kukusanya idadi ya chupa za damu ambayo ni sawa na asilimia moja ya wakazi wa nchi yao au mikoa kwa wakati wowote.
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He said groups such as pregnant women, children under the age of five, cancer patients, accident victims, and all the patients who demand blood therapy on a daily basis in hospitals were on the upward trend.
“We congratulate the RSM for collaborating with the Aga Khan Hospital to encourage voluntary blood donation to save Tanzanians,” he said.
At the peak of World Blood Donor Day, which was held at the national level in Tunduma Township in Songwe Region on June 14 this year, it was noted that Tanzania needed to collect 550,000 bottles of blood to meet the country’s 100 percent demand with a population of an estimated 55 million people.
However, blood collection statistics have shown that there has been an increasing trend in blood collection. In 2017/2018, 257,557 bottles of blood were collected, representing 45 percent of the demand.
The number has since increased to 312,714 bottles collected in 2019/2020, an equivalent of 57 percent of the demand, with the 2020/2021 collection standing at 331,279 bottles, equivalent to 60 percent of the country’s demand.
The experts say that despite the increase, the country had yet to reach the threshold of 550,000 bottles, thus falling short of 218,721 bottles, an equivalent of 40 percent.
“There is still work to be done to ensure that the 40 percent gap is closed to meet the country’s blood demand and ensure that all those needing blood transfusions receive the services on time,” the Aga Khan Hospital’s hematologist Neema Lubuva said.
RSM Eastern Africa, an audit, tax, and consulting services firm, celebrated World Blood Donor Day by donating blood as part of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (goal 3) that target ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being of people at all ages.
“The challenge is still based on blood donation education, which we believe together we can provide to ensure there is the availability of sufficient safe blood in our hospitals,” said Mr Jovin Boke from RSM Eastern Africa.
Wataalamu waliokusanyika wakati wa hafla ya kuchangia damu iliyoandaliwa na wafanyakazi wa RSM Mashariki mwa Afrika katika Hospitali ya Aga Khan jana, walisema upanuzi unaoendelea wa vituo vya afya na hospitali nchini kote unahitaji damu salama ya kutosha ili kukidhi mahitaji.
Madaktari wa magonjwa ya damu walisema Tanzania bado haijafikia lengo la kukusanya damu salama kwa mujibu wa Shirika la Afya Duniani (WHO). Ofisa uhamasishaji jamii wa Mpango wa Taifa wa Damu Salama, Joel Pemba, alibainisha kuwa WHO inapendekeza nchi kukusanya idadi ya chupa za damu ambayo ni sawa na asilimia moja ya wakazi wa nchi yao au mikoa kwa wakati wowote.
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He said groups such as pregnant women, children under the age of five, cancer patients, accident victims, and all the patients who demand blood therapy on a daily basis in hospitals were on the upward trend.
“We congratulate the RSM for collaborating with the Aga Khan Hospital to encourage voluntary blood donation to save Tanzanians,” he said.
At the peak of World Blood Donor Day, which was held at the national level in Tunduma Township in Songwe Region on June 14 this year, it was noted that Tanzania needed to collect 550,000 bottles of blood to meet the country’s 100 percent demand with a population of an estimated 55 million people.
However, blood collection statistics have shown that there has been an increasing trend in blood collection. In 2017/2018, 257,557 bottles of blood were collected, representing 45 percent of the demand.
The number has since increased to 312,714 bottles collected in 2019/2020, an equivalent of 57 percent of the demand, with the 2020/2021 collection standing at 331,279 bottles, equivalent to 60 percent of the country’s demand.
The experts say that despite the increase, the country had yet to reach the threshold of 550,000 bottles, thus falling short of 218,721 bottles, an equivalent of 40 percent.
“There is still work to be done to ensure that the 40 percent gap is closed to meet the country’s blood demand and ensure that all those needing blood transfusions receive the services on time,” the Aga Khan Hospital’s hematologist Neema Lubuva said.
RSM Eastern Africa, an audit, tax, and consulting services firm, celebrated World Blood Donor Day by donating blood as part of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (goal 3) that target ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being of people at all ages.
“The challenge is still based on blood donation education, which we believe together we can provide to ensure there is the availability of sufficient safe blood in our hospitals,” said Mr Jovin Boke from RSM Eastern Africa.