journalist while taking notes on Tigo support for blood donation
Dar es Salaam Tanzania, 4th June 2013:
Tigo Tanzania today once again pledges its
support towards a blood donation drive to be held in Mara region on this year's
World Blood Donors Day the 14th of June 2013. These blood drives are scheduled
to be conducted in other regions across the entire country and the National
event will be held in Mara region.
"The
National Blood Transfusion Service is once again pleased to partner with Tigo
in our efforts to create public awareness on the importance of voluntary blood
donation and address adequacy and safety issues that go with it. These drives
will play a significant role to counter the increased blood shortage problem
that faces many hospitals across the country therefore help prevent unnecessary
deaths, particularly among women and children who are the major recipients of
blood... I would like to take this opportunity to extend our sincere gratitude
towards Tigo for their firm support towards this initiative, which is at the
heart of helping Tanzanians live better and healthier lives” said Dr Efesper A.
Nkya, NBTS Program Manager.
Mr.
William Mpinga, the Tigo's brand manager said that “Tigo feels honored and
proud to be a part of this important cause aimed at creating public awareness
on the importance of safe blood donation, thanking current active donors for
their valuable donations, as well as encourage new donors to come forward and
donate blood. The state of the nation’s well-being is of great value to Tigo
hence our involvement in this noble cause. Valuable lives are lost every year
among women and children due to shortage of blood. This is something that
deserves the utmost attention and support of every single one of us and should
not be ignored.”
Mr.
Mpinga went on to further state “I would like to take this opportunity to urge
all Tanzanians to take a proactive approach into this matter and donate blood,
for this simple selfless act is a critical factor in saving lives, as the 2013
World Blood donor Day theme which states “Every Blood Donation is a Gift of
life’’.Tigo has a keen interest in supporting the country's health sector. We
have and we will continue to invest heavily to ensure that Tanzania's health
standards are improved.
World
Blood Donor Day is an occasion created to raise awareness of the critical need
for safe blood and blood products, promote voluntary blood donation and thank
voluntary unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood. The theme
for the 2013 World Blood Donor Day campaign is “Every blood donation is a gift
of life.’’
About The National Blood Transfusion Service
The National Blood Transfusion
Service (NBTS) was established in 2004 and is a programme under the Ministry of
Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) with a mandate of ensuring availability of
adequate and accessible safe blood and blood products through a centrally
coordinated blood transfusion services in Tanzania.
Its main objectives are:
1. To increase capacity for collecting, processing and distributing
adequate safe blood and blood products from voluntary non-remunerated repeat
donors to meet requirements of patients in need.
2. To ensure availability of adequate and accessible supplies of safe
blood from voluntary non remunerated repeat blood donors from low risk
population throughout the United Republic of Tanzania.
3. To introduce an effective monitoring and evaluation system to
maintain quality, efficiency and effectiveness of the National Blood
Transfusion Service.
NBTS operates country wide with TPDF and TRCS as partner through its
six Zonal centres in Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Tabora, Mtwara, Mbeya and Moshi As
a TACAIDS stakeholder it has greatly contributed much in HIV/AIDS prevention,
as since its establishment, has greatly reduced the prevalence of HIV among
blood donor from 7-10% in 2004 to 1.2% in 2012.
ABOUT TIGO.
Tigo started operations in 1994 as the first cellular network in
Tanzania. It now covers 26 regions in mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. Tigo strives to be Tanzania’s most innovative
mobile phone operator, offering services ranging from affordable mobile voice
communications to high speed Internet access and mobile financial services through
Tigo Pesa.
Tigo is part of Millicom International Cellular S.A (MIC) which
provides affordable, widely accessible and readily available cellular telephone
services to more than 43 million customers in 13 emerging markets in Africa and
Latin America.
The success of Tigo is based on the "Triple A" strategy,
which stands for Affordability, Accessibility and Availability. We create a
world where mobile services are affordable, accessible and available everywhere
and to all. This guarantees that our subscribers experience the best services
at the most affordable rates throughout our 26 regions in both Tanzania
Mainland and Zanzibar.
“SMILE, YOU ARE WITH TIGO”
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