MBTS CEO, Natasha Nsamala (left) receives a dummy cheque from Mr Chikoti the CDH Investment Bank Chief Operating Officer By Christina Kilowe In answering the Malawi Blood Transfusion Service’s (MBTS) call of bringing blood transfusion services in hard-to-reach and distant areas through the placement of blood bank fridges in district hospitals, CDH Investment Bank has …
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Member of Parliament for Ntcheu North, Lymon Bema Ziphondo has urged his constituents to begin the new year by giving blood in order to help build stocks ahead of a potentially challenging rainy season. Ziphondo made the call during the week at Lizulu Trading Center where Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) Balaka Satellite Depot conducted a …
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Healthy and strong. Brave with a kind heart. Making a difference with action. The gentleman with evergreen face in the picture, is Rodrick Alfred of Group Village Head (GVH) Nang’ombe under Senior Chief Chimaliro in Thyolo district who has donated blood five times with Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS). Alfred embarked on his blood donation …
The Luchenza blood donation open day in progress. Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) in partnership with Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) and Thyolo District Health Office (DHO) conducted a blood donation open day at Luchenza community ground in Thyolo district on 14th August 2021 through which 45 units of whole blood were collected. Such kind …
Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) collected at least 17 units of whole blood during a blood donation exercise in Group Village Head (GVH) Chipendo of Senior Chief Chimaliro in Thyolo district in the ongoing August 2021 blood donation campaign in the area. The exercise has been organized in collaboration with Thyolo District Health Office (DHO), …
Malawi Blood Transfusion Service-MBTS has lauded the people of Group Village Headman (GVH) Makwangwala for their support towards blood donation activities. MBTS Assistant Public Relations Officer for Balaka Satellite Depot, McLloyd Kudzingo, made the remarks after 51 people gave the gift of life at a blood donation clinic in the area during the just ended …
Give Blood and Keep the World Beating On 14 June 2021, the Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) in collaboration with Ministry of Health will join the World Health Organization (WHO) and the international community to commemorate the World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) under the theme: ‘Give Blood and Keep the World Beating’. The WBDD was …
In a very short time Malawi has been able to implement the strategy for blood safety and availability advocated by the World Health Organization and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, thus saving many lives. The MBTS has now established blood centres in Blantyre and Lilongwe (the capital) with a total …
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Area Development Committee (ADC) members from Senior Chief Chimaliro in Thyolo, visited Malawi Blood Transfusion service (MBTS), O’dala centre in Blantyre to appreciate how blood is screened, processed and stored after being collected from the community. The ADC’s Chairperson, Clement Siliya, said the fear of the community members’ is that their donated blood is not …
As we walked through the corridors of Bangula Secondary School towards the hall in which students had assembled for a Blood Donation Motivational Talk in early July this year, we were informed by the Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) Blood Donation Club’s Patron, Daveson Nkanda, that a grouping of students had prepared performances on blood …
