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)

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The journey and vision of the African blood regulators technical committee (ABR-TC)

Moses Akampurira, Alex Mutai, Florence Tirane and Fonkou Steve (Africa)

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Global standards, local impact: Why FACT-JACIE accreditation matters for emerging transplant programs

Rizwan Javed (South East Asia)

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The digital shift in donor recruitment

Ruchi Punamia (South East Asia)

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Annual Conference of BBMT-Pakistan held in Sri Lanka

Usman Waheed (Eastern Mediterranean)

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Circular RNA circFUT8 uncovered as master regulator of platelet production

Aiqing Wen (Western Pacific)

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USP25-Mediated Talin-1 stabilization in platelets: A novel mechanism of hyperreactivity and thrombosis risk during aging

Xuemei Jia and Rong Xia (Western Pacific)

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Questions or suggestions?

If you have any news from these regions that you would like to publish in this section, contact communication@isbtweb.org.

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