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16 July 2025
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The Polish Red Cross is conducting information campaigns across the country and encouraging donations as part of the Summer Blood Drop campaign. This is a response to the increased demand for this valuable tissue during the summer months.
The summer is a time when the demand for blood increases, mainly due to a higher number of accidents and dangerous injuries. At the same time, fewer donors report to Blood Donation and Transfusion Centers than in other periods of the year - it is the holiday season, and additionally, any trip abroad for regular donors means that upon returning, they must wait before donating again.
Hence, the action of the Polish Red Cross, the Summer Blood Drop campaign. Its aim is to fill the blood shortages through various initiatives related to promoting voluntary blood donation and organizing blood drives.
Blood donation in 2024.
In 2024, the community of blood donors numbered 651.4 thousand people (11.2 thousand more than the previous year), including 651.2 thousand volunteers.
Repeat and multiple donors accounted for 80.6% of those giving blood.
Among blood donors, individuals aged 25 to 44 years predominated (411.2 thousand). The number of blood donors aged 18 to 24 years was 105.4 thousand, and those aged 45 to 65 years – 134.5 thousand.
In 2024, 1 million 548.4 thousand blood and its component donations took place (47 thousand more than in 2023), of which 1 million 388.2 thousand donations were whole blood.
The most whole blood was collected in the Silesian Voivodeship – 172.1 thousand donations.
Residents of three voivodeships: Silesian, Masovian, and Greater Poland donated a total of 468.5 thousand whole blood donations (33.7 percent of the whole blood collected in the country).
Blood donors by gender and age in 2024.
18–24 years – 32.4 thousand women; 73.1 thousand men.
25–44 years – 95.2 thousand women; 316.0 thousand men.
45–65 years – 36.7 thousand women; 97.8 thousand men.
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