Bangladesh is one of the 71 countries in the world, according to the WHO, that has a shortage of safe blood. Budaraju said they had noticed thousands of people look for blood through Facebook posts each week in Bangladesh. “This is where Facebook can help by finding ways to more efficiently bring blood donors, people and organisations together,” she said. Facebook will automatically notify blood donors who may be nearby to help. When organisations are hosting a blood camp event in Bangladesh, they will be able to create an event on Facebook and nearby blood donors can be notified.

Source: bd News24 January 22, 2018 18:11 UTC