Regional
This Regional section features news from four regions: Africa, South East Asia, and Western Pacific. For this October 2025 issue, articles were invited by the Regional Directors: Marion Vermeulen (Africa), Satyam Arora (South East Asia), Maha Badawi (Eastern Med) and Yanli Ji (Western Pacific).
Red Saturday expands into a continental lifesaving force
Michelle Vermeulen and Monique Schreiner (Africa)
The journey and vision of the African blood regulators technical committee (ABR-TC)
Moses Akampurira, Alex Mutai, Florence Tirane and Fonkou Steve (Africa)
Global standards, local impact: Why FACT-JACIE accreditation matters for emerging transplant programs
Rizwan Javed (South East Asia)
The digital shift in donor recruitment
Ruchi Punamia (South East Asia)
Annual Conference of BBMT-Pakistan held in Sri Lanka
Usman Waheed (Eastern Mediterranean)
Circular RNA circFUT8 uncovered as master regulator of platelet production
Aiqing Wen (Western Pacific)
USP25-Mediated Talin-1 stabilization in platelets: A novel mechanism of hyperreactivity and thrombosis risk during aging
Xuemei Jia and Rong Xia (Western Pacific)
Questions or suggestions?
If you have any news from these regions that you would like to publish in this section, contact communication@isbtweb.org.
