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Detailed explanation-1: -The Slogan “Share life, give blood” has been chosen to draw attention to the roles that voluntary donation systems play in encouraging people to care for one another and promote communal harmony.

Detailed explanation-2: -FOCUS OF THIS YEAR’S CAMPAIGN For 2022, the World Blood Donor Day slogan will be “Donating blood is an act of solidarity. Join the effort and save lives” to draw attention to the roles that voluntary blood donations play in saving lives and enhancing solidarity within communities.

Detailed explanation-3: -The World Health Organization initiated and declared June 14, the birth anniversary of Karl Landsteiner, as World Blood Donor Day in 2004.

Detailed explanation-4: -14 June is World Blood Donor Day Every year countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day (WBDD). The event serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.

Detailed explanation-5: -National Voluntary Blood Donation Day is getting celebrated in India at 1st of October every year to share the need and importance of the blood in the life of an individual. It was first started celebrating on 1st of October in the year 1975 through the Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immunohaematology.