The national Haemovigilance Consultation meeting was held in Shanghai on October the 29th in 2013. The meeting was hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and was undertaken by Shanghai Blood Center. Qu Jieming, Deputy Director of Shanghai Health and Family Planning Committee, Shan Ouqi, Deputy Director of Chinese Society of Blood Transfusion, Dr. Neelam Dhingra, Coordination Officer of Blood Safety, WHO Headquarter, Dr Anuj Sharma, Responsible Officer, The Western Pacific Region of WHO, Zhu Yongming, Director of Shanghai Blood Center, and experts from about 40 blood centers, central blood stations and hospitals attended the meeting. The opening ceremony was moderated by Zhu Yongming.
After the opening ceremony, the meeting officially started, holding for two days, pointed 5 panel discussions, including the WHO and China HV policy, blood transfusion and HV monitoring technology, publicity of blood donation without compensation, China HV guide discussion, the meeting summary, etc.
Translated by Cai Yin Reviewed By Li Qin
Leaders from SHFPC, CSBT, WHO attended the opening ceremony