Urgent appeal for Black blood donors
Daily Mirror UK|April 20, 2023
AN urgent appeal has been made for Black blood donors to help those with agonising conditions such as sickle cell disease.
MARTIN BAGOT and MELISSA SIGODO
Urgent appeal for Black blood donors

John Lewis Partnership chair Sharon White and director of Operation Black Vote Simon Woolley visited a new NHS donor centre in East London to raise awareness of the shortage. Just 1% of active donors in England are Black and sickle cell disease mainly afflicts people with Afro-Caribbean heritage.

This story is from the April 20, 2023 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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