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Boosting Pacific blood transfusion services

The Australian Red Cross is working with 11 Pacific nations to improve the availability and safety of life-saving blood transfusions.

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By Thea Cowie


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The Australian Red Cross says there's been a 20 per cent increase in life-saving blood donations across the Pacific in the past two years.

The organisation is working with 11 Pacific nations to improve the availability and safety of life-saving blood transfusions.

Thea Cowie spoke with the Red Cross's International Humanitarian Blood Advisor Neil Waters about some of the challenges.

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