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    The number of voluntary blood donors has risen in Benin from 392 in 1998 to nearly 800 today, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

    They include some 100 new donors who attended a ceremony in the capital, Cotonou, on Saturday aimed at welcoming and informing them of the importance of giving blood in order to save lives, WHO reported.

    According to WHO, out of 19,000 blood samples expected in 1999, some 13,000 were collected. The target for this year, according to Benin’s Director of Pharmacies and Laboratories, Idrissou Abdoulaye, is to gather some 15,000 samples to meet the growing demand for blood in the country.

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