The Blood Matters Blog

One-year-old Declan de Gruy was born with Diamond-Blackfan anemia, a rare blood disorder where the body doesn't produce red blood cells, causing little Declan to need a blood transfusion every three weeks.

The Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies, or AABB, honored Global Blood Fund's Gavin Evans for his and the nonprofit's work feeding blood center workers in Ukraine.

Since the first days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, employees of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Blood Service Center have worked tirelessly in the face of life-threatening conditions.

Global Blood Fund, an OBI-founded nonprofit focused on improving transfusion care worldwide, recently awarded more than $900 USD to the winners of a national essay contest in Ghana.

Susan Knight wished to thank the blood donors who helped save her life.

When blood donors walk through the doors of Zaporizhzhia Regional Blood Service Center, Maryna Kyrychkova is almost always the first to greet them.

Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder affecting the shape and life span of red blood cells.

Yulia Bezruchko explains how she and her colleagues have continued to meet the needs of her war-torn community.

As Vladyslav Shubin began his new job at Zaporizhzhia Regional Blood Service Center, Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.

Through the use of a sophisticated machine designed to identify and extract individual components of a person's blood, our medical professionals are able to treat patients battling leukemia, sickle cell disease and many other serious conditions.

While it's highly likely that you will have the same blood type throughout your life, there are a few occurrences that could lead to a change.

Blood is not just used for trauma patients and during surgery. It is also desperately needed for many cancer patients.