Towards 100% Voluntary Blood Donation – A Global Framework for Action – Blood Donation Community Based Health and First Aid (CBHFA)

Towards 100% Voluntary Blood Donation - A Global Framework for Action - Blood Donation Community Based Health and First Aid (CBHFA)

Purpose
Towards 100% Voluntary Blood Donation: A Global Framework for Action strengthens the collaboration between WHO and the in the goal to support national blood donor programmes in building a stable base of the safest possible blood donors to ensure the safety, sufficiency and sustainability of national blood supplies for all patients who require it as part of their treatment.

Many of the strategies and proposals for action contained in this document evolved from a series of joint regional and national training workshops for blood donor managers held in the African, Easter Mediterranean, South-east Asian and Western Pacific regions.

Overview
Preface
Acknowledgements

1 Introduction to the global framework

2 Voluntary blood donation: foundation of a safe and sufficient blood supply
Blood transfusion in health care
Sufficiency and security of national blood supplies
Safety of blood and blood products
Why 100% voluntary blood donation?
Challenges in achieving 100% voluntary blood donation

3 The global framework for action
Goal A Create an enabling environment for 100% voluntary non-remunerated blood donation
Strategy 1 Advocate for 100% voluntary blood donation
Strategy 2 Establish a national voluntary blood donor programme
Incorporate 100% voluntary blood donation in the national blood policy and
legislative and ethical framework
Secure sustainable financing
Provide a suitable infrastructure, facilities and equipment
Appoint and train an adequate number of staff and volunteers
Implement quality systems
Establish a national donor database and information management system
Develop an emergency preparedness and response plan
Strategy 3 Strengthen collaboration and partnerships

Goal B Foster a culture of voluntary blood donation
Strategy 4 Understand your blood donors
Strategy 5 Identify target blood donor populations
Strategy 6 Develop communication strategies for donor education and community involvement
Strategy 7 Build partnerships with the media
Strategy 8 Mobilize community partners and create networks
Strategy 9 Maximize the impact of World Blood Donor Day and national blood donor events

Goal C Build and maintain a safe, sustainable voluntary donor base
Strategy 10 Educate, motivate and recruit new blood donors
Strategy 11 Mobilize youth as a new generation of voluntary blood donors
Strategy 12 Convert eligible family/replacement donors to voluntary blood donors
Strategy 13 Recall infrequent, inactive and temporarily deferred blood donors
Strategy 14 Retain suitable voluntary blood donors
Strategy 15 Recognize blood donors’ contribution to society

Goal D Provide quality donor service and care
Strategy 16 Make it convenient for donors to give blood
Strategy 17 Reach out to donors through mobile donor sessions
Strategy 18 Assess donors’ suitability to donate blood
Strategy 19 Provide blood donor counselling
Strategy 20 Make blood donation a safe and pleasant experience

References
Annex

Usage: Guidance for implementation

Audience: Blood donor managers

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VCA toolbox with reference sheets

VCA Toolbox (2007) - IFRC

Purpose:

This toolbox provides a detailed explanation on how to undertake the research part of a VCA. It will help you to choose the right tools to suit your purpose and describes when and how to use them and what to do with the information collected.

It begins with a general discussion on the different research approaches and their usage. It also explores related issues such as participation, reliability, validity and bias, which have an impact on how you carry out the research and the quality of the information you get from it.

Overview:

The tools include:

  • Process Reference Sheets (PRS), which provide instruction on how to use specific processes when working with data.
  • Research Reference Sheets (RRS), which guide you through the implementation of the different investigative tools.
  • Methods Reference Sheets (MRS), which outline the different strategies and techniques for working with communities during meetings and workshops.

Usage: Guideline for implementation

Audience: National Society staff and volunteers

For the other series of VCA guides:

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How to do a VCA? (2007)

How to do a VCA? (2007) - IFRC

Purpose:

This document is intended as a simple and practical guide for National Society staff and volunteers who wish to undertake a local-level VCA, as part of their community programming strategy.

This guide aims to answer the following basic questions:

  • Why: Why is a VCA being proposed? Is it going to help the National Society to reduce vulnerability in communities?
  • What: What does it involve? What will it be used for?
  • Who: Who will be involved in undertaking the VCA? Who will benefit?
  • How: How will it be carried out? What tools and methods are involved? Do you have the necessary capacity and resources? How do you select the communities most at risk?
  • When: When should you start the VCA? When you should not? How long will it take?
  • Where: In which communities will you carry out the VCA? Is the branch willing to support and able to undertake the work?

Overview:

The guide particularly discusses:

  • Planning the VCA
  • Preparation phase
  • Field testing
  • Implementation phase
  • Analysis phase
  • Action planning

Usage: Guideline for implementation

Audience: National Society staff and volunteers

For the other series of VCA guides:

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Get Ready for Disasters Flip Charts for Volunteers: Philippine Red Cross

Purpose:

The flip charts for volunteers serve as a training/ advocacy tool on the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, Philippine Red Cross, hazards and disasters, disaster preparedness and climate change, together with explanations on emergency kits, warning systems, what to do before, during and after disaster.

Overview:

The flipcharts profile PRC History; Movement History; the 7 Principles; PRC Services; Country Profile; Relevant hazards/disasters; key messages toward being prepared for landslides, typhoons, earthquakes, tsunami, fires, volcanic eruption and floods; el niño effect – drought; climate change; emergency kits; early warning systems; hygiene and what to do in school.

Usage: Training

Audience: Communication staff, Volunteers, Youth

The flip charts are available in English and Filipino/Tagalog, size 20 MB

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HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support (A Training Package for Community Volunteers)

Purpose

This document provides guidelines to volunteers on the following issues: what is gender; gender and HIV; gender and HIV prevention; gender and HIV treatment; and the role of gender in care and support.

Overview

The purpose of session one is to ensure that community based volunteers (CBVs) are able to define gender and understand the role that gender plays in the lives of men, women, girls and boys in their community.

Session two seeks to understand how gender and HIV are related and explore how gender inequalities, gender-based violence (GBV) and sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) are linked to HIV.

Session three explores the ways in which gender influences the vulnerability of women, men, girls and boys to HIV infection/re-infection and the role of CBVs in providing information and support.

Session four builds knowledge and skills to understand how gender influences the ability of people to access, prepare for and adhere to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and the role of CBVs in providing gender-responsive support.

The purpose of session five is to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to understand how gender influences the ability of CBVs to provide care for others and to care for themselves.

Usage: Guidance for project implementation, Training

Audiences: Volunteers; Gender and diversity practitioners

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