🩸 World Blood Donor Day
World Blood Donor Day is a world holiday celebrated annually on 🌈 June 14, dedicated to donor people as gratitude for the voluntary saving of human lives.
Interesting Facts:
- The Drop of 🩸 Blood emoji was accepted by Unicode in 2019 in the Items 📮 Category. This emoji can be used in topics about blood donation, bleeding, or 😵 Traumas related to blood loss.
- The 💉 Syringe emoji was originally a part of a non-standardized emoji set that was first published by Japanese operators such as au by KDDI and SoftBank. It was approved by Unicode in 2010 and changed in 2021. Now a vaccine against 👑🦠 Coronavirus will appear in the syringe instead of blood.
On the page 🩸 World Blood Donor Day the following information is presented:
1. History of the celebration of 🩸 World Blood Donor Day
The holiday was adopted during the World Health ⚕️ Assembly in 🐝 May 2005. The world resolution WHA58.13 was signed, supporting free donation and setting the official date for the celebration, June 14.
The date of the celebration was not chosen by chance. It is associated with the birthday of the Austrian 👨⚕️ Immunologist Karl Landsteiner, who became the Nobel laureate for the discovery of 🆎 Human blood types.
Interesting fact: James Harrison is an Australian 🩸 Blood donor with 18 years of experience. His blood contains 🧬 Cells that prevent the development of anti-rhesus antibodies in a 🤰 Pregnant woman’s body. More than 2 million 👶 Newborns were saved thanks to him. He performed the donation procedure more than 1100 times and donated 560 liters of biomaterial.
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Traditionally, 193 UN member states, 181 state Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, 50 volunteer donor organizations, and various donor specialists from all over the 🌎 World participate in the celebration of Donor Day.
The main symbol of the holiday is considered to be a ❤️ Red heart with a white medical cross inside. This symbolism reflects the voluntariness of donors and their contribution to saving people.
On this day, 🚐 Mobile blood transfusion stations are being established in many cities of the world so that all who wish can become donors and help 🙏 Saving someone’s life. Educational scientific 🗣 Conferences and forums are also held.