World Blood Donor Day 2019: Facebook will now notify users if nearby blood banks need blood donation

Social networking giant Facebook is expanding its blood donation tification tool to several US cities. This new feature allows Facebook users to opt-in to receive tifications directly from blood banks in ir area. After Facebook conducted successful tests of this new tool in India, Facebook has decided to roll it out for users in US. Full details here:

With new blood donation tification feature on Facebook, social media giant is clearly making it easier for blood banks to find dors. Facebook recently anunced that it plans to blood donation tifications to US users after successful tests in countries such as India and Banglesh among ors where it was launched in 2017.

"Every two seconds, someone in US needs blood, and one donation can potentially save three lives. However, blood banks in US are seeing a decline in blood dors," Hema Budaraju, Product Director, Health at Facebook said.

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Going forward, Facebook users in several US cities like New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Baltimore and Washington DC will receive tifications from blood banks in ir area. Facebook's "Become a Blood Dor on Facebook" sign up p lists down importance and features of this tool, as follows:

1. You can opt-in to receive Facebook tifications from blood banks in ir area in case y need your help.

2. tool also makes it easier for Facebook users to connect with blood banks in ir nearby area.

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"Inspire friends to donate blood so y can help save lives too," Facebook's Blood donation sign up p res.

As part of this initiative, Facebook is partnering with several organisations including America's Blood Centers, American Red Cross, New York Blood Center, Rock River Valley Blood Center, Stanford Blood Center, Versiti and Vitalant.

How to use Facebook's blood donation tool

All you need to do is navigate to About section of your Facebook profile. You have to opt-in to receive Facebook alerts and tifications from blood banks in your nearby area. When blood banks need donations, y can send out alerts to people in area. You will receive a tification saying which organisations need blood donations and of what blood s.