blood donation

The Hellenic Initiative (THI) has made a $25,000 grant to Bloode, a non-profit organization whose primary mission is to address the pressing issue of blood shortage in Greece. The funds provided will enable Bloode to hire one full time employee...

Hundreds of people were seen waiting in line in Larissa, Greece to donate blood to the victims of the rail disaster. The response of the Greek public to the tragedy was immediate. At least 38 people were killed and more...

Gay and bisexual men can now donate blood in Greece as the Health Ministry lifted the ban Greece imposed beginning in the 1980s during the HIV/Aids epidemic. Health minister Thanos Plevris and deputy Mina Gaga signed a ministerial decree on...

Social media users in Greece responded with anger to the news that only one member of parliament volunteered on Tuesday to donate blood for the victims of the deadly fire, east of Athens on Monday. According to reports, the lone...

Bloode, an online network where Greeks can connect with other Greeks with the same blood types, also encourages people to donate blood. The idea began in 2012, when Natalia Kritsali and Natalia Bougadeli were still students and were confronted with...

World Blood Donation Day is celebrated annually on June 14 across the globe in order to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products. Established in 2004, all countries take part in events to raise awareness of the...

The number of blood donors in Greece is decreasing significantly, according to figures by the National Center for Blood Donation (EKEA). Data provided by EKEA show a steady downward trend in blood supply in recent years. In 2013, blood centers collected 39,000...

The 12th annual blood donor torch relay started on Friday after the flame was ignited in front of the Greek Parliament, next to the Unknown Soldier monument, in downtown Athens. The Panhellenic Torch Relay of Volunteer Blood Donors is part of...

The Greek Deputy Minister for Education and Religious Affairs Symeon Kedikoglou and the President of the Association of Friends of Children with Cancer “Elpida” along with the Association “Orama Elpidas” Marianna V. Vardinogiannis signed a cooperation agreement. “Every country needs...

The neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party's ongoing blood drives with donations earmarked only for Greeks pitted it against protesters outside a hospital in Tripoli in which a man who was photographing the event said he was attacked by the extremists. Tensions...