The ministry said its national blood donation campaign registered more than 15,000 citizens in 12 hours, with the achievement officially certified by Guinness World Records.
The ministry’s Central Administration conducted the Blood Operations campaign to mark World Blood Donor Day.
According to the ministry, the achievement reflects Egypt’s efforts to promote voluntary blood donation and strengthen the country’s safe, strategic blood and blood derivatives stockpile.
It added that the campaign would help save the lives of patients and the injured while supporting the national healthcare system.
The ministry said the record was achieved through the combined efforts of health affairs directorates, blood banks, and medical, administrative, and organizational teams across Egypt’s governorates.
It also praised the wide public participation in the campaign, saying it reflected growing awareness of the importance of blood donation as a humanitarian act that helps save lives.
The ministry said the achievement adds to Egypt’s record of healthcare successes and highlights the country’s ability to organize national initiatives with health and humanitarian impact in line with international standards.
The achievement comes as governments worldwide seek to expand regular voluntary blood donation, which the World Health Organization considers the safest and most sustainable basis for national blood supplies.
Globally, around 120.4 million blood donations are collected each year, according to WHO’s 2026 blood safety and availability data. However, access remains uneven: high-income countries, which account for 15 percent of the world’s population, collect 36 percent of global blood donations.
WHO data also shows wide disparities in donation rates, with 28.9 donations per 1,000 people in high-income countries, compared with 18.2 in upper-middle-income countries, 8.5 in lower-middle-income countries, and 4.5 in low-income countries. Fifty-five countries report collecting fewer than 10 donations per 1,000 people, all of them low- or middle-income countries.
Voluntary, unpaid donors remain central to safer blood systems.
WHO said blood collections rose by nearly 19 percent between 2013 and 2023 in 132 countries, while voluntary unpaid donors accounted for more than 85 percent of the estimated 120 million blood donations received in 2023.
Still, WHO warns that many patients, including women facing severe bleeding during childbirth, children with severe anaemia, trauma and burn victims, surgery patients, cancer patients, and people with blood disorders, lack reliable access to safe blood, particularly in lower-income countries.
In the Eastern Mediterranean Region, where Egypt is located, WHO has said many countries remain below the recommended minimum of 10 blood donations per 1,000 people per year. Meanwhile, voluntary non-remunerated donations often account for less than half of the blood supply.
Egypt has pushed blood and plasma donation campaigns in recent years. In 2020, the Health Ministry received 87,391 requests from citizens wishing to register as blood donors within 24 hours of launching an online campaign on Facebook.
In 2021, Egypt launched a national blood plasma donation project to support domestic production of plasma-derived medicines and reduce reliance on imports, with donation services initially offered through centres in Cairo, Alexandria, Gharbiya, and Minya.
The latest Guinness recognition therefore adds a global publicity milestone to Egypt’s broader effort to expand voluntary donation, strengthen strategic blood reserves, and support emergency care, surgeries, maternal health, and treatment for patients who need regular transfusions.
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