Overview
- Official data show 481,232 blood units were collected in 2024 and 231,741 units were recorded through July 2025, with roughly 20% coming from voluntary donors and the rest obtained by family replacement.
- Hospitals and health authorities intensified collection drives this week around World Blood Donor Day with INSN Breña hosting awareness and collection events and INEN running a platelet apheresis campaign on June 12–13.
- Platelets have a very short shelf life of about five to seven days and INEN’s campaign stresses that platelet apheresis takes about 90 minutes, requires specific eligibility and avoids certain medicines and high-fat foods to ensure proper collection.
- High-complexity pediatric centers face steady demand: INSN Breña reports about 500 monthly compatibility tests, daily transfusions of 10–15 units, and use of 60–80 platelet apheresis fractions each month for children with cancer and other serious conditions.
- Peru’s active donor rate is about 1.2–1.36% versus the WHO-recommended 2%, a gap that sustains pressure on families, risks supply shortages and could widen unless voluntary, scheduled donations become more consistent and widespread.