{"id":496,"date":"2020-03-19T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T04:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/?p=496"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:24:04","slug":"blood-donations-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/2020\/blood-donations-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Minority Blood Donations Needed!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">African-American blood donors hold the power to save other African-Americans in need of a blood transfusion. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1661\" style=\"width:511px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image.png 612w, https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s because donors with genetically similar blood are more likely to be a match for patients from the same ethnic background. When it comes to blood donations, researchers have found that African-Americans are under-represented among donors and that minority donors in general are less likely to become regular donors. Increasing African-American donations is vital because blood types O and B, which are carried by about 70 percent of African-Americans, are also the blood types most in demand.<br><br>Genetically-similar blood is preferred for those who need repeated blood transfusions, and for conditions like sickle cell disease (SCD), which primarily affects African-Americans. Blood that closely matches a patient\u2019s blood is less likely to be rejected and may lead to fewer complications after a transfusion.<br><br>African-American blood donors are more likely to be a match for the majority of individuals with SCD in the United States, making them ideal donors to help SCD patients receive regular blood transfusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information on Blood Donations, please visit the following links<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organizations<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/donate-blood\/blood-types\/diversity\/sicklecell.html?icid=rdrt-sickle-cell&imed=direct&isource=redirect\">American Red Cross (ARC)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americasblood.org\/?s=sickle+cell\">America\u2019s Blood Centers (ABC)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bca.coop\/?s=sickle+cell\">Blood Centers of America (BCA)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.givingblood.org\/about-us.aspx\">Community Blood Center  (CBC)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hoxworth.org\/donors\/minority.html\">Hoxworth Blood Center<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.versiti.org\/ways-to-give\/about-blood-donation\/importance-of-vibrant-blood-supply\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.versiti.org\/video-gallery\/podcast-episodes\/what-is-sickle-cell-disease\">Versiti<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<h6><!--more--><\/h6>\n<p>Learn more about blood donation!<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\r\n<div class=\"fve-video-wrapper fve-image-embed fve-thumbnail-image youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\">\r\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9zS9VDhTDSk?wmode=transparent&modestbranding=1&autohide=1&showinfo=0&rel=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>African-American blood donors hold the power to save other African-Americans in need of a blood transfusion. That\u2019s because donors with genetically similar blood are more likely to be a match [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1664,"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions\/1664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiosicklecell.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}