A key role in the supply of organic produce
First association of its kind in North America, fully funded by the Héma-Québec Foundation
This association, the first of its kind in North America, is an essential link in the Quebec supply structure for biological products of human origin, such as plasma and stem cells.
For over 20 years, the ABDS has worked tirelessly to recruit the next generation of donors. With hundreds of volunteers across 13 divisions in Quebec, the ABDS promotes blood, platelet, plasma, stem cell and breast milk donations, and recruits new donors in partnership with Héma-Québec. Hundreds of information booths are organized each year by volunteers across the province to raise awareness of the various types of donation. different types of donation.
+ more than 700 volunteers
23,000 appointments
375 members of the youth unit
760 kiosks to raise awareness of different types of donations.
The Héma-Québec Foundation is particularly proud to support the activities of the ABDS and to help promote the cause of the gift of life in Québec!
To find out more about the ABDS and its projects, visit its website
Since 2013, the Association of Blood Donation Volunteers has made a major contribution to the education and recruitment of plasma donors by deploying teams of volunteers in every region where there is a Héma-Québec Donation Center.
The Foundation fully funds the activities of ABDS, which is an important partner of Héma-Québec. Thanks to its vast provincial network, ABDS collaborates in fundraising activities by providing the Héma-Québec Foundation with volunteers for certain benefit events.
This program is part of Héma-Québec’s strategic plan to meet the essential needs of immunodeficient people in Quebec. These people must receive medications derived from plasma processing once a month or more.
Héma-Québec offers cutting-edge training to blood bank technicians around the world, enabling them to improve their problem-solving techniques for erythrocyte immunology problems encountered in their laboratories.
The Héma-Québec Foundation is proud to participate in the financing of the RhD fetal project, which will enable future Quebec mothers to know the blood type of their fetus. Every year in Quebec, some 12,000 pregnant women have an RhD-negative blood group.
Quebec’s First Nations have much more than their own culture and history. Their genetic profiles, too, are unique on the planet! This uniqueness poses a particular challenge, especially given their marked under-representation in Quebec’s stem cell donor registry…
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