Blood donation hits four year low

Kenyans  donate blood at the KICC in Nairobi a past donation drive. FILE PHOTO | NMG

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Blood donations dipped to a four-year low in the year to June after donors withdrew funding, worsening situation in Kenya, which requires as much as one million units annually.

The Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service data shows that the collected units dropped 17 per cent to 136,305 units from 164,275 units the previous financial year.

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