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MISSION AND VISION: "SAFE BLOOD FOR ALL"! Pakistan Red Crescent Society Access to basic health is the right of every individual. Blood Transfusion Service (BTS) is an essential component of Government Health Service. Blood Banks providing this service are hospital based with 70% reliance on "family and replacement donors", who are considered as "unsafe" donors for blood collection. There are 450 Public and 2357 Private Blood Banks in the country that collect approximately 1.5 million blood bags / annum. Government BTS rely on 70% Family and Replacement Donors, 10% from Paid Donors who are "unsafe" and only 20% through "Voluntary Unpaid Blood Donors" who give blood of their own free will without any desire for reward, and are the providers of safest blood. Government BTS is fragmented, insufficient & inefficient lacking infrastructure, adequate financial, human & technical resources resulting in long-term de...