"In the last 10 years there has been a huge drop in access to blood donation: only 33% of women are donors. And we are losing young donors. ” The alarm was raised by Vanessa Agostini, director of the Transfusion Medicine Unit of the San Martino Polyclinic in Genoa and head of the Coordination for Transfusion Activities in Liguria. "It is essential to invest in policies aimed to raise awareness and loyalty to donation through paths that must start within the school, so as to bring the issue closer to young people at an early age, and at the same time promote the correct lifestyles - underlines Dr. Agostini - A single path can serve to protect the health of our donors and find new ones." "Transfusion medicine does not have a specialized training course; we have lost 30% of doctors compared to the pre-pandemic era - explains Agostini - Not having doctors who deal with transfusion medicine means not being able to have training courses in schools, carry out promotional campaigns and awareness of donation with the support of associations and federations of voluntary blood donors, and not being able to affect the appropriate use of blood components for transfusion support".
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