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  1. ShawnM

    ShawnM Living the dream, Plan B ★ No Ads ★ Highly Rated Poster Showcase Reviewer Blood Donor Veteran Air Force

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    I needed blood a couple years ago and it was a bit of a challenge. The red cross info on donors was quite limited. My wife contacted a friend that is a member of DI and another that is more active on the Cebu forum to send out the call.

    One thing I did not know at the time is that the negative blood types are a bit rare and with A negative blood it did take some time to find donors. From looking at Mr. Google, soon after my need, the folks most likely to have A negative blood are white with European descent.

    20 years in the USAF donating a couple times a year no one ever mentioned that is was a bit rare. If I remember correctly, in the US only 6% of folks have A negative blood. In Asia the percentage is almost nil.

    Fortunately I was able to get a couple bags but that truly was due to the calls going out on this forum and the Cebu one.

    For the OP; best bet would be to have some expat friends that your GF could contact to get the word out. No one can predict when you would have a need for blood and being overseas only makes things more challenging.

    Shawn
     
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  2. Solid_Pan

    Solid_Pan DI Member

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    It is also important to know what blood types you can receive (e.g. AB+ can receive all other blood, O- can only receive O-), see the graphic. The copyright of the graphic belongs to Hema Quebec ( https://www.hema-quebec.qc.ca/ ).

    blod_donor_receiver.jpg
     
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  3. Notmyrealname

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    Most Western countries represented by ex-pats here have between 6 and 7 percent A- (which is about the highest percentage in all populations of the world) and, as you said, it is about 0.1% for Filipinos.

    But, blood grouping is far more complex than the ABO and Rhesus antigen groups and I am not sure whether there is closer correlation or not of other antigens between Filipinos and foreigners most represented here.

    However, here are (rounded) percentage figures for O+/A+/B+/AB+ for the countries listed below:

    USA 37/36/8/3
    UK 37/35/8/3
    AU 40/31/8/2
    PH 37/29/27/7

    So those who are B+ may have relocated to the correct country! And not too bad for AB+.
     
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  4. HeyJoey

    HeyJoey DI Member

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    You should try redcross in town (close to Kalinaw spa and Bethotel).
    I guess they have a database with contacts number.
     
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