"Iran acts very well in this field and is one of the pioneering countries in
area of blood healthiness in the region," said Smit Sibinga on Saturday, who has
traveled to Iran to devise a report on health conditions of blood products.
"Iran ranks first in the region in meeting the WHO's standards and therefore, it
has been chosen as the center for cooperation with the WHO so that other
countries can use its experiences," he added.
Iran is standing among the best 5 countries in providing healthy blood supplies
to the patients in need of blood transfusion, an Iranian official announced in
2013.
A senior official in Iran’s Blood Transfusion Organization said the blood taken
from the donors in the country was of the highest standards compared with others
in the region.
"Iran’s Blood Transfusion Organization enjoys the highest scientific and
operational standards in the region in providing healthy blood supplies and the
officials of the World Health Organization (WHO) have also confirmed it,”
Director of Iran’s Blood Transfusion Organization for International Cooperation
Fariba Seiqali said in a ceremony held in Tehran to introduce the Organization
as the WHO’s partner in training and research in blood healthiness affairs.
She said that Iran’s Blood Transfusion Organization had held different training
courses for the transfusion experts of the regional and neighboring countries,
including Afghanistan, and sent 2,000 bags of blood to Somalia when the country
was entangled in famine and starvation.
Source:FNA