WHY WE NEED TO RECRUIT

HEALTHY, HIV/AIDS-free,
VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONORS!
An Advocacy Campaign of the

and

Roland A. Gorgonia, RMT

Chief Medical Technologist / Donor Recruitment Officer
 Picture this Scenario . . .
Wala kang malalapitan
na kamag-anak na May Pasyente ka!
magiging blood donor . .

Wala nang oras

para kumuha ng
donor . . .

Kailangan niya ng Dugo!

Ano ang mangyayari sa pasyente ko?

Kung may dugo lang sana !
 Act promoting and encouraging voluntary blood
donation amongst the citizenry , instill public
consciousness on the principle that blood
donation is a humanitarian act and that the
provision of blood for transfusion is not a sale of
a commodity;
 There is a need to mobilize all the sectors of the community
to participate in programs and activities on voluntary and
non-profit collection of blood.

To provide for adequate, safe, affordable and

equitable blood and blood products to whoever
needs it.
 Criteria to become a
Voluntary Blood Donor
50
kg You must be at least 50
kilograms in weight
You must have a Pulse rate of
60-100 beats per minute

You must have a Hemoglobin

value of 125 grams/dL
Do you know that . . .
 An average person has 25
billion red blood cells

An average person weighing

55 kilograms has 5 to 6 Liters
of blood. Only 450+ ml of
blood is collected from a
qualified blood donor.
Red blood cells live for 120
days/ 4 months only and are
constantly replaced

You can donate blood

once every after 12
weeks/ after 3 months
 Actual blood extraction
during blood donation takes
no more than 10 minutes and
can help save up to 3 lives

The volume of blood donated

will be replaced by the body
within 72 hours with sufficient
intake of fluids
 It is always better TO
GIVE blood than TO
RECEIVE

What you gain from blood

donation is the satisfaction of
helping save lives
 “Change Oil Effect”
Your blood will become
less viscous if your
regularly donate blood.

“Rejuvenation of cells”
Please do not recruit donors if they have
engaged in high-risk activities like . . .

Having multiple sex partners

Indulged in same-sex
intercourse
Please do not recruit donors if they have
engaged in high-risk activities like . . .

Injected or sniffed any form

of drugs

If you had sex with someone

you have known for less than
6 months (Casual Sex)
What is HIV?
HUMAN
This virus can only infect human beings

IMMUNO
Effect of the virus, is to create a deficiency (a
failure to work properly) within the body’s
immune system

VIRUS
This organism is a virus, which means one of
its characteristics is that it reproduces itself
taking over the machinery of the human cell
Acquired
Transmitted from person-to-person

Immune
It affects the body's immune system, the part
of the body which usually works to fight off
germs such as bacteria and viruses

Deficiency
It makes the immune system work improperly

Syndrome
Someone with AIDS may experience a wide
range of different diseases and opportunistic
infections
 How is HIV transmitted?

2. From HIV infected mother to Infant

1. Unprotected Sexual Contact with during pregnancy, labour and deliver or
an infected partner breastfeeding

•Infected semen and vaginal fluid through

sex contacts whether vaginal, anal or oral.
 How is HIV transmitted?

Transfusion with HIV infected

blood or Transplantation with
HIV infected organs
-Exposure of broken skin or wound to
infected blood or body fluids.
- Infection using needles or syringes
contaminated with HIV as in tattooing, ear
piercing or in intravenous drug use.
- Accidental cuts in a hospital setting with
contaminated sharp instruments
Stages of the HIV Disease
Stage I: PRIMARY
INFECTION
•The patient starts experiencing “flu-like” symptoms
Stage II: ASYMPTOMATIC ILLNESS
•The patient may remain well for years
Stage III: SYMPTOMATIC ILLNESS
•The patient experiences “mild” symptoms such as lack of energy, nights
sweats, etc
Stage IV: ADVANCED DISEASES (AIDS)
•The patient experiences opportunistic infections from bacterial,
mycobacterial, fungal, protozoal, viral and malignant sources that can
cause any of the following:

•Swollen glands
•Mouth infections
•Brain infections
•Skin diseases
•Lung diseases
•Loss of weight
Common Opportunistic Infections
and Cancers found in AIDS
 Candidiasis - fungal infection
affecting oral cavity, GIT and
vagina
 Kaposi’s Sarcoma – cancer
affecting small blood vessels and
internal organs
 Pneumocystis Carinii
Pneumonia – fungal infection
 Cytomegalovirus Infection –
causes blindness, affects lungs,
brain and gut
 Tuberculosis (M. Tuberculosis,
M. Avium intracellulare) all
throughout the body
 Common Opportunistic
Infections and Cancers found
in AIDS
 Toxoplasmosis – protozoal
infection affecting central nervous
system
 Cryptococcal Meningitis
 Cryptosporidiosis – protozoal
infection causing chronic diarrhea
 Non Hodgkins Lymphoma –
cancer of the lymph nodes; a late
manifestation of HIV infection
A - Abstinence ~Don’t do it.
B - Be faithful (Mutual)
DO NOT SHARE!
C- CONDOMIZE! ~ Correct and
consistent use
D- Don’t do drugs (esp. Injectable)
E- Education, Early Diagnosis
and Treatment
 East Asia & Pacific
1 million
South
& South-East Asia
Sub-Saharan 7.8 million
Africa
24.7 million

Global
33.2 million Asia and the Pacific
8.8 million
 Compared with other
emergencies in the region
WAR-RELATED HIV/AIDS
Deaths time in sub- Deaths from AIDS in
Saharan Africa by the sub-Saharan Africa by
end of 1992 has the end of 2001 has
reached . . . reached an average
of . . .
200,000 war- 2,300,000
related deaths AIDS deaths
 HIV Situation
 24936 HIV/AIDS reported HIV
cases (1984 – April 2015 ). As
of Jan 2009 we had 3,654
cases. In May 2012, we have
9,669 cases

Estimated Number of adults

(15-49) with HIV infection:
7,490
 Adult HIV Prevalence: 0.02%

 No Risk groups higher than

1% prevalence

 One of the few remaining low

prevalence country in Asia
Pacific
 Demographic Data April 2015 Jan- April Jan 2012- Cumulative
2015 April 2015 1984—2015

Total Reported Cases 560 2409 20512 24936

Asymptomatic Cases 524 2245 19142 22723

AIDS Cases 36 164 1370 2213

Males 538 2308 19495 22726

Females 22 101 1017 2199

Youth 15-24 yo 166 650 5804 6529

Children <15yo 2 7 25 77
 Chart Title
700

600

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Axis Title

400

300

200

100

0
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
2012 212 274 313 233 273 295 278 272 316 295 284 293
2013 380 339 370 388 415 431 449 382 427 491 384 358
2014 448 486 498 393 495 494 585 509 565 537 492 509
2015 536 646 667 560
 HIV among Blood Donors
2000
2001
450
2002
400 2003
350 2004
2005
300 2006
250 2007
2008
200
2009
150 2010
100 2011
2012
50 2013
0 2014
No. of donors 2015
1. Intensive Advocacy
Campaign
• Increase HIV awareness
• Encourage Voluntary
Blood Donation
• Promote Healthy Lifestyle
 2. Recruitment of Blood
Goal : Donors
• Convince low risk donors to donate
• Don’t let high risk people donate blood
Strategies :
• Target people with low risk behaviors
• Target 100% Voluntary blood donors
• Discourage replacement donation
• Blood donation must not be used as an
opportunity to be tested
• Advice people with high risk behaviors not
to donate blood
 a way of life that promotes and protects health and well
being

 include practices that promote health such as healthy

diet and nutrition, regular and adequate physical
activity, avoidance of substances that can be abused
such as tobacco, alcohol and other addicting
substances, adequate stress management and
relaxation

 include also practices that offer protection from health

risks such as safe sex, drug use and responsible
parenthood.
Because according to the National Center for
Disease Prevention and Control of the Department
of Health .
•Philippine Scenario
–7 of the 10 leading causes of deaths in year 2000 are:
- diseases of the heart, diseases of the vascular system,
malignant neoplasms or cancers, accidents, Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus,
kidney problems
–2 out of the10 leading causes of illnesses in year 2001
•hypertension, diseases of the heart
•90% of Filipinos have one or more of these 6
prevalent risk factors (NNHeS, FNRI 2003)
–Physical Inactivity……..60.5%
–Smoking…….34..8%
–Hypertension….22.5% (SBP>140 or DBP>90)
–Abnormal Cholesterol …..8.5% (TC>240)
–Obesity…..4.9% (BMI>30)
–Diabetes…..4.6%
 1955 2001
Fries 72g Fries 205g
Coke 200ml Coke 950ml

Standard serves 1955 and 2001

Source: Swinburn B, “Influencing Environments to Reduce Obesity Prevalence” 2002
 a sedentary lifestyle is one of the ten leading
global causes of death and disability

 doubles the risk of cardiovascular diseases,

diabetes and obesity, and substantially increase
the risk of colon cancer, high blood pressure,
osteoporosis, depression and anxiety
A public health problem
-high prevalence
-increases disease risk
 smoking is the single most preventable
cause of disease and premature death

 prime factor in heart disease, stroke and

chronic lung disease; cause cancer of the
lungs, larynx, esophagus, mouth, bladder;
contributes to cancer of the cervix,
pancreas and kidneys
 more than 4000 toxic or carcinogenic chemicals
found in tobacco smoke

 half of long term smokers will die from tobacco

 every cigarette smoked cuts at least 5 minutes

of life on average - about the time taken to
smoke it.
 Passive Smoking is as dangerous as Active
Smoking
 It produces 6 times the pollution of a busy
highway when in a crowded restaurant
 It has higher levels of many poisons than smoke
breathed directly through the cigarette
 MAAWA TAYO SA ATING MGA ANAK
Unhealthy lifestyle Increased donor Blood shortage
• Increased risk to deferral • Less donors
heart problems, • Donors will fail will qualify to
Hypertension, in the medical give blood
Kidney problems, assessment • No blood
lung problems, available for
drug abuse, risky patients
sexual contacts