WHO office in blood drive

WHO office in blood drive

JAKARTA (JP): The World Health Organization (WHO) in Indonesia
is holding a blood donation campaign here on Thursday, targeting
office workers in the Jl. Sudirman area.

The campaign will be held at Wisma GKBI building at between 9
a.m. and 1 p.m. It is jointly organized by the WHO office,
Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Red Cross, Rio Tinto
foundation, Coca Cola and the management of the Wisma GKBI
building.

"Hopefully, the blood donation campaign will strengthen public
awareness of donating blood to the blood bank," WHO said in a
statement.

The campaign is being launched to help the government contain
the outbreak of dengue fever in many parts of the country,
including Jakarta, which has recorded 62 deaths this year. The
most severe form of dengue is dengue hemorrhagic fever, the
treatment of which includes a blood transfusion.