During the 3rd Meeting of the ECO High
Level Experts Group on health held 0n 21-22 January in Tehran, the
representative of IBTO explained the progress made through ECO Blood Safety
Network in the region.
To promote collaboration among national
blood services of ECO region, IBTO offered a proposal to establish "ECO
Blood Safety Network"(ECOBSN). In April 2010, IBTO and ECO signed an
agreement to set up the network. Collecting, analyzing and comparing statistics
on blood safety in ECO Member States in order to identify the shortcomings at
regional level and to suggest recommendations for improvement was the aim of
the first phase of the project which was finalized in January 2014.
Dr. Fariba Seighali, Director of
International Affairs Department in IBTO briefed participants on the status of
blood safety in the region which is based on the findings of the research
project. She also explained the ways forward through ECOBSN and urged member
states to involve to the network more actively.