Unmatchxunavida Campaign Aims to Surpass 500,000 Bone Marrow Donations in Spain

This Wednesday, October 11, it is celebrated in Seville on European Bone Marrow and Umbilical Cord Donor Day in order to pay tribute to the altruistic people who make it possible for patients with leukemia and other blood diseases to recover their health or save their lives. In the Cajasol Foundation and the Plaza de San Francisco A series of activities will be held for Bone Marrow Donor Day. Tonight the Parliament of Andalusia and the San Telmo Palace, headquarters of the Junta de Andalucía, will be illuminated in orange, a color that symbolizes bone marrow donation.

Celebration of Bone Marrow Donor Day in Seville

Seville has been designated one of the 17 Spanish venues that celebrate this commemorative day this year. The Transfusion, Tissue and Cell Center of Seville in collaboration with the Autonomous Transplant Coordination has organized 4 events on October 11: a blood, plasma and marrow marathon in the courtyard of the Cajasol Foundation, an awards ceremony for collaborators of the province, a talk-colloquium on the donation of bone marrow and hematopoietic progenitors and a show in the Plaza de San Francisco. He The goal is to reach 500,000 people registered in Redmo in Spain.. This campaign is called ‘Un matchxuna vida’.

Blood, plasma and marrow donation marathon at the Cajasol Foundation

The motto of this marathon is ‘Multiply life’ and blood, plasma and marrow donors will be served from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the courtyard of the Cajasol Foundation.

Several companies collaborate in this macro-collection and offer a special snack to donors, a snack that is required by law: Restaurante Robles, Regulatory Council of Mantecados and Polvorones de Estepa, Oleoestepa, Inés Rosales, Regañá Don Pelayo, Productos Samaniego and the solidarity ham cutter, Ángel Gonzalez. On behalf of the Atmos association, an information stand will be installed for people interested in registering in REDMO, the Spanish Network of Bone Marrow Donors. In the case of the Holored Stellar Association – Star Wars – it will collaborate again both in the distribution of leaflets to people passing through the area and with children’s workshops in the afternoon so that parents with small children can donate peacefully. In addition, the Andalusian Center of Letters has donated books for the commemorative day. The authors belong to the Generation of ’27. Popular people who are blood donors will attend.

Presentation of awards to collaborators of the province at the Cajasol Foundation

He Transfusion, Tissue and Cell Center annually awards awards to blood and marrow donation collaborators in the province of Seville. They are companies, institutions, associations or individuals that have stood out for the originality or effectiveness of special campaigns or for their long history in favor of donation. They will be 10 prizes in total: media from the capital, media from the province, social networks, municipality with the highest donation rate, most original educational campaign, etc.

The event will be held at 12:00 in the morning at the Cajasol Foundation theater and the sequence and the name of the winners will be sent on Tuesday the 12th. Access is by invitation.

Talk-colloquium on bone marrow donation and hematopoietic progenitors

The talk-colloquium will begin at 1:00 p.m. after the awards ceremony at the Cajasol Foundation theater. The director of the Transfusion, Tissue and Cells Center of Seville, María José Aguado Romeo, the sectoral coordinator of Transplants of Seville, Manuela Cid Cumplido, a donor and a transplant recipient will participate. Admission is free until capacity is reached.

Shows in the Plaza de San Francisco

• At 5:00 p.m. the show called `Matchtour´. A bus-trailer that travels through 17 Spanish capitals with a fold-out stage will host various activities: competitions, children’s entertainment and concerts.
• Opens the children’s show payas yupita from 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• At 5:30 p.m. a contest that the ONT has devised to attract young people begins.
• Children’s entertainment will continue with the performance of Pablo D´Magic from 6:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m., the young man from Estepona who debuted on Got Talent and became a semi-finalist.
• From 6:45 p.m. to 7:05 p.m., the dance group of the Ángel Marín Professional Flamenco and Dance School, from the Torreblanca neighborhood. Several of its young members have won the Spanish Sevillanas championship.
• Finally, from 7:05 p.m. to 7:20 p.m. the singer-songwriter, playwright and poet will sing and recite, Isabel Martín Salinas.

What are the requirements to donate blood and bone marrow?

To can give blood The age range must be between 18 and 65 years and a weight equal to or greater than 50 kilograms, not suffer from chronic diseases or have an acute infection, not have anemia and not engage in risky practices that facilitate the spread of diseases such as, for example. For example, hepatitis, syphilis or AIDS. It is mandatory to be identified and arrive on an empty stomach. Blood donation is a safe process, attended by specialized health personnel. Before the extraction, an interview and medical examination are carried out on the donor. Men can donate blood up to 4 times a year and women 3, with a minimum interval of 2 months between donations. Specific plasma donors can come every 15 days. It is essential to abstain from sports 2 hours before donating and 24 hours after donation.

In the case of the bone marrow The requirements to be able to donate bone marrow are similar although the registration age is 18 to 40 years, although it is possible that they may be called to donate up to 60 years of age.

Donation points and useful information

All the information about the places and times of collections and websites and social networks of the transfusion centers in Andalusia can be found on the website of the Andalusian Health Service, in the section ‘Donate Blood’.

Records of donors and affected people in Andalusia

Every year more than 6,000 people are diagnosed with leukemia. In Andalusia, there are 113,883 people registered in the Spanish Registry of Bone Marrow Donors (REDMO), potential donors who at any time may be required to donate bone marrow.

From the Carreras Foundation They manage the registry of Spain which, in turn, is coordinated with the rest of the countries in the world. The global number of potential bone marrow donors in the world amounts to approximately 40,000,000. Currently, there are more than 800,000 umbilical cord units available in the countries that work in the network.

There are 2,624 Andalusians who have joined REDMO from January to August 2023. The objective proposed by the National Transplant Organization for the four-year period was more than met in the first year. Of the global number of potential donors, 629 have made an effective donation, which represents 0.5% of the total number of those registered in the registry. In the province of Seville there are 18,963 people who can be summoned to donate bone marrow at any time, of which 282 have joined in 2023. The percentage of people who have finally donated marrow is identical to that of Andalusia, 0.5% .