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If every Kenyan donated blood on their birthday...

Studies have shown that platelets extracted using apheresis machines are at least five times better in terms of quality. [Courtesy]

Blood bank services in the country received a major boost with the introduction of vein-to-vein technology to enhance accountability away from the previously porous manual system.

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