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• 2022 expenditure: CHF 560,000 The Global Advisory Panel (GAP) provides advice
and support to Red Cross and Red Crescent
blood programmes at global, regional and coun-
try levels. It strengthens and connects blood
programmes worldwide by enabling access to
reliable technical expertise to support blood
safety and sustainability.
In 2022, GAP continued to develop and share
resources with the IFRC network through ten
newsletters, three webinars, three videos,
two e-learning resources, and five brochures
all designed to inform and strengthen blood
programmes. This included information on
infectious diseases (COVID-19, Mpox and Ebola
virus), plasma fractionation, accreditation and
certification, as well as donor recruitment and
retention.
Regional capacity building activities for blood
programmes included technical and thematic
training on shared challenges, providing an
opportunity for collaboration and peer to peer
support. GAP bought 24 participants from ten
National Societies in the Asia Pacific region
together to share strategies and experiences
to improve voluntar y non-remunerated
blood donation.
Thirty-two National Societies involved in full
blood services, as well as those active in donor
recruitment and retention across all global
regions benefitted from the opportunity to
participate in our Self-Assessment programme
during this year, receiving tailored recommen-
dations and suggested strategies from GAP to
help improve their blood programme risk man-
agement capacity.
For more information, please contact:
gapsec-
retariat@redcrossblood.org.au
Red Cross Red Crescent Reference Centres
