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2015: "Thank you for saving my life"
It focuses on thanking blood donors who save lives every day through their blood donations and strongly encourages more people all over the world to donate blood voluntarily and regularly with the slogan “Give freely, give often. Blood donation matters.” The campaign focuses on stories from people whose lives have been saved through blood donation. Activities may include memorable events, meetings, publication/ spread of relevant stories on media, scientific conferences, publication of articles on national, regional and international scientific journals, and other activities that would help in promoting the title of this year’s World Blood Donor Day.

The purpose of this year’s campaign
 * 1) thank blood donors for their life-saving donations
 * 2) promote regular voluntary unpaid blood donation
 * 3) create wider public awareness of the need for regular donation because of the short shelf-life of blood components and to encourage existing and potential donors to donate blood at regular intervals
 * 4) focus attention on donor health and the quality of donor care as critical factors in building donor commitment and a willingness to donate regularly
 * 5) persuade ministries of health to show their appreciation of regular voluntary unpaid donors and provide adequate resources to provide quality donor care.

Host country for World Blood Donor Day events The host country for World Blood Donor Day 2015 is China through its blood center in Shanghai, Shanghai Blood Centre, also the WHO Collaborating Center for Blood Transfusion Services.