Press release for World Blood Donor Day – 14 june 2022 of the year, celebrated in the Republic of Belarus

14 june 2022 year in the Republic of Belarus is traditionally celebrated "World Blood Donor Day". On this day, we express our sincere gratitude to those people, who donate their blood, its components, necessary to save human lives, and aim to draw attention to the need to participate in regular voluntary donation.

The theme of this year's campaign is "Blood donation - an act of solidarity. Become a donor and save lives".

As recommended by the World Health Organization (hereinafter - WHO) the following main goals of the campaign for the World Blood Donor Day have been identified 2022 of the year:

Express gratitude to blood donors around the world and raise awareness of the general public about the need to donate blood regularly;
remind donors of the need to donate blood systematically throughout the year, because it maintains an adequate supply of blood and enables timely and safe blood transfusion everywhere;
recognize and promote the importance of voluntary blood donation in strengthening social solidarity and social cohesion; Read completely »

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Всемирный день донора крови проводится каждый год 14 june. This commemorative date was established to, to:

• Raise global awareness of the need for safe blood and blood transfusion products;
• acknowledge the critical contributions of volunteers, donating blood for free, into national health systems;
• support the efforts of national blood transfusion services, donors and other non-governmental organizations to strengthen and expand voluntary blood donation programs by stepping up national and local campaigns.

The day also serves as an occasion to call on governments and national health authorities to allocate sufficient resources to scale up voluntary blood donation and ensure that blood supplies and transfusion services are accessible to all people in need.. Read completely »

The rights of citizens of the Republic of Belarus in the field of health protection for the prevention of infectious diseases.

The right to health care is regulated by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus “Citizens of the Republic of Belarus are guaranteed the right to health care, including free treatment at the expense of public funds in order, statutory. Citizens take care of their own health.” (article 45).

The state provides everyone with the opportunity to protect themselves from infection with infectious diseases.

Vaccines – have the status of medicines in our country (Law of the Republic of Belarus dated 20 july 2006 r. No. 161-Z "On the circulation of medicines"), intended for the prevention of infectious diseases and belong to the group of immunobiological drugs (hereinafter - ILS). Registration procedure, import and use of medicines is determined by the acts of the legislation of the Republic of Belarus on state regulation in the field of circulation of medicines.

Vaccines are ILS, intended for the prevention of infectious diseases in humans, therefore, the requirements for their quality are strict, meeting international safety standards.

The country has a system for tracking the registration of serious adverse reactions after the use of vaccines, accounting for and investigating serious adverse reactions (Sanitary norms and rules "Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for transportation, storage and use of immunobiological medicinal products, preventive vaccinations, identification, registration and investigation of adverse reactions after prophylactic vaccinations”, approved by the Decree of the Ministry of Health of 02.12.2013 № 114, Decree of the Ministry of Health 17.04.2015 № 48 “On the procedure for submitting information on identified adverse drug reactions”). To prevent the occurrence of which a set of measures is being taken, aimed at eliminating the possibility of misuse of vaccines. This system includes the following components:

1. Vaccines, used for immunization of the population, – are allowed for sale and medical use on the territory of the Republic of Belarus after state registration under the national procedure or registration within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union (article 10 Law "On Circulation of Medicines").
2. Order of appointment of ILS, carrying out preventive vaccinations and monitoring the patient after they have been carried out.

Preventive vaccinations – introduction of ILS into the human body to create specific immunity to infectious diseases. Read completely »

In the last minutes 2021 President signed a decree declaring 2022 the Year of Historical Memory. The document notes, that the Year of Historical Memory is declared in order to form an objective attitude of society towards the historical past, preservation and strengthening of the unity of the Belarusian people.

The Government was instructed with the participation of the Prosecutor General's Office, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, regional executive committees, Minsk City Executive Committee to develop and approve the republican action plan for holding 2022 Year of historical memory.

The Government will also coordinate the activities of state bodies, other organizations for the implementation of the named plan.

The decree came into force after its official publication..

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