【标准美音社论】世界捐血日(1/2)

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【标准美音 Editorial】06-13-2012
World Blood Donor Day

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有betty的地方就有答疑~Today we celebrate World Blood Donor Day, a day devoted to thanking those among us who help save lives through blood donations and to raising awareness of the need for safe and secure blood supplies. Since 2005, World Health Organization member states have designated June 14th, also the birthday of Karl Landsteiner, an Austrian biologist and physician who created the ABO blood group system, as World Blood Donor Day.
Blood transfusion is an essential part of today's medical care. A safe, sustainable blood supply system is critically important to the health care system of every country. But a blood supply program is an expensive and time-consuming proposition for any government.  And of course it depends on a large, reliable pool of healthy blood donors.
In many countries the majority of blood donors are volunteers who give blood as an act of charity. But in poorer countries, established supplies are often limited and donors only give blood when family or friends need a transfusion. To ensure a sustained and readily available blood supply in such environments, developing additional volunteer donor pools is needed.今天我们共同庆祝世界捐血日，感谢救人于危难的捐血者，并以此提高大众对血液供给的意识。自2005年起，世界卫生组织成员国将6月14日定为世界捐血日，这也是ABO血型创始人，澳大利亚生物学家、物理学家Karl Landsteiner的诞辰。
输血是现代医疗的重要手段，安全充足的血液供给对每个国家的医疗系统来说都至关重要。然而，血液供给系统对政府来说，既昂贵又费时。当然，这得靠大量健康的捐血者的持续支持。
在许多国家，大多数人都是自愿捐血，当作是做善事。但在贫困国家，固定的血液供给很少，人们只有在亲朋好友需要输血时才捐血。想要在这些国家形成持续可靠的血液供给，就得额外发展为志愿者服务的捐血站。