The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) has launched an appeal for donations to support relief and recovery operations in Myanmar and Thailand, after an earthquake on March 28 left more than a thousand people dead, injured or missing in both countries.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Local artiste Shukri Mahari praised the active involvement of local associations in supporting blood donation campaigns, which he has seen through social media promotions over the years.
KOTA KINABALU: While some areas of Beaufort district may experience flooding, the morale of blood donors remains high as they contribute to replenishing the rapidly dwindling blood bank at the hospital.
From CHEW HOONG LING, Organ donation ambassador, Kuala Lumpur.
GEORGE TOWN: In addition to the main challenges, the urban-rural disparity is also slowing organ donation rates in Penang, according to Hospital Penang transplant coordinator Dr Mohamed Shafik Shaik Mohd.
PETALING JAYA: The organ donor rate remains alarmingly low in Malaysia, mainly hampered by misconceptions and the critical hurdle of sudden family objection.
HANOI: Vietnam performs over 1,000 organ transplants annually, the highest rate in South-East Asia. However, the country's organ donation rate from brain-dead donors remains among the lowest in the world.
THE country's organ donation rate from brain-dead donors remains among the lowest in the world despite performing over 1,000 organ transplants annually, the highest in South-East Asia.
MANILA: The Philippine government will look into cash and other donations made by Chinese Communist Party-affiliated groups led by four Chinese nationals accused of espionage to determine if they were done in good faith, an official said on Monday (March 3).
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has launched the Wakaf Mara Madani, aimed at helping the Malay community, with both him and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi pledging to donate RM1,000 each.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An international non-governmental organization has placed a full-page advertisement in Sunday's New York Times calling on Americans to provide donations to support hundreds of millions of people in need after drastic cuts in U.S. foreign aid.
The Brunei Ministry of Health continues to face low blood supplies at blood donation centres and blood banks across the nation.
KUALA LUMPUR: The ordeal endured by toddler Muhammad Hariz Iman Mohd Herman, who lost his sight due to nerve cancer, captured the attention of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who channelled a donation of RM10,000 to him.
IPOH: Police are looking for a suspect in connection with the theft of a surau donation box in Kampung Tawas near here.
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 10,000 patients are desperately awaiting an organ donation that could give them another chance at life.
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has lifted a pause on food donations, the U.N. World Food Programme said, ending a suspension that an aid watchdog on Monday warned had left 500,000 metric tons of food currently at sea or ready to be shipped in limbo.
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian police raided the offices of two Belgrade-based democracy watchdogs, seeking information about possible abuse of funds donated by the U.S. international aid agency (USAID), Nenad Stefanovic, a senior state prosecutor, said on Tuesday.
Yang, driven by his dream of being a doctor, believes donating blood also saves lives.
PUTRAJAYA: A royal letter that supposedly backed up Datuk Seri Najib Razak's claims of a royal donation made no mention of a key meeting between him and the late Saudi monarch King Abdullah, the High Court heard.
Laos has long been grappling with a blood donation shortage. In 2024, several provincial branches of the Lao Red Cross failed to meet their collection targets.