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It has been 5 years since the Singapore International Foundation (SIF) started collaborating with Red Cross Indonesia, in Solo.
Under the programme, medical specialists from Singapore have been training their counterparts at the blood transfusion centre in the Central Java city.
The centre in Solo has been the venue where Singapore doctors work with their Indonesian counterparts to raise the quality of blood collection and transfusion procedures.
Red Cross officials say the centre has managed to meet requirements set by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Also, improvements at the centre have raised its profile among donors as well as other Red Cross chapters in Central Java.
The centre says it now serves more than 60 per cent of the population living in the South Central Java and the western part of East Java.
It has also managed to collect 60,000 packets of blood per year - three times more than the 20,000 units collected in a year, five years ago.
The teams from Singapore have been training specialist staff here on how to collect, analyse and store blood.
Two medical staff from this centre were also sent on six-week attachments to Singapore.
The Singapore teams also made annual visits to assess the impact of the training programme.
SIF hopes that key staff members who receive training will then pass on their knowledge to other colleagues.
SIF's programme also extends outside of the centre,
Its seminars on best practices of blood transfusion have attracted medical personnel from other hospitals, some from as far as Irian Jaya.
The project is now in its final phase and officially concludes on 3 April.
SIF will then evaluate the effectiveness of this programme early next year. - CNA/yy
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