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Global Database on Blood Safety

The WHO Global Database on Blood Safety (GDBS) was established in 1998 with the objective to collect and analyse data from all countries on blood and blood product safety as the basis for effective action to improve blood safety and availability globally. The global summary reports based on the latest GDBS data provide information on the current status of blood transfusion services and the provision of plasma derived medicinal products, as well as the country needs in improving blood system.

Collecting data of the year 2023 for GDBS

The collection of data for the year 2023 has now commenced. An online questionnaire has been developed for this round of GDBS data collection. It is available in languages of English, French, Russian and Spanish.
To access to the online questionnaire, the data managers will be asked to provide the code (token) to ensure the correct questionnaire for your country is securely open. Please contact bloodsafety@who.int for the technical detail on how to complete the online questionnaire.

Global database on blood safety (GDBS) reports

Global status report on blood safety and availability 2021
14 June 2022

Global status report on blood safety and availability 2021
The status of blood collection, testing, processing and clinical transfusion around the world.
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Global Status Report on Blood Safety and Availability 2016
1 January 2016

Global Status Report on Blood Safety and Availability 2016

The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Database on Blood Safety (GDBS) was established in 1998 to address global concerns about the availability,...

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Global Database on Blood Safety: report 2004–2005
1 January 2008

Global Database on Blood Safety: report 2004–2005

More than 30 years after the first World Heath Assembly resolution (WHA28.72) that addressed the issue of blood safety, blood transfusion services continue...

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