Conference on clinical use of blood held in Baku

The first international conference “The clinical use of blood” was organized by the Ministry of Public Health, UN Development Program (UNDP) and the World Health Organization as part of the “Rehabilitation of Blood Transfusion Service” project at the Hyatt Regency Hotel of Baku on Wednesday.

The goal of the event, attended by six Norwegian representatives, was to ensure transition from use of blood to the use of blood components in blood transfusions.

In his opening speech, Minister for Public Health Ali Insanov stressed the need for improving blood transfusion services in Azerbaijan. He underlined that a lot of work has been done in this area with the support of the Norwegian government and UNDP.

The Norwegian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Steinar Gil spoke of the importance of the project.

A total of $1,025,755 has been allocated to implement the project. $500,000 of the amount was provided by the Norway Fund, $375,000 by the Norwegian government, $125,755 by UNDP and $25,000 by the Statoil Company.

Participating specialists discussed issues related to the modern approach to clinical use of blood and blood transfusion therapy.