• A tent at Kencom where Kenyans availed themselves for donation.
• Nairobi and Upper Eastern head at KTTA Festus Koech said the country is on track towards closing the blood deficit with more than 384,000 units having been collected in the last financial year.
A nurse prepares blood for storage during a donation drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Kencom on October 21, 2022
Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority on Friday held a blood donation drive in efforts to bridge the deficit in the country.
They placed a tent at Kencom where Kenyans availed themselves for donation.
The exercise which began on Monday had by Friday collected at least 500 units.
Nairobi and Upper Eastern head at KTTA Festus Koech said the country is on track towards closing the blood deficit with more than 384,000 units having been collected in the last financial year.
A donor is prepared for a donation at Kencom on October 21, 2022
A nurse during a blood donation drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Kencom on October 21, 2022A nurse collecting blood during a blood donation drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Kencom on October 21, 2022A nurse holds the needle during a blood donation drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Kencom on October 21, 2022Ted Mwai from the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority speaks to journalists during the blood donation drive at Kencom on October 21, 2022A member of the public donates blood in the ongoing donation drive at Kencom on October 21, 2022A nurse prepares blood for storage during a donation drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Kencom on October 21, 2022Part of the donated blood being stored during a donation drive by the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority at Kencom on October 21, 2022
