Boosting Health, Health Care Through Social Media

The video discusses the challenges of blood donation in India, highlighting the shortage of safe blood and the reliance on personal networks to find donors. It introduces a Facebook initiative to connect donors and recipients, making the process easier through a three-step approach. A personal story underscores the importance of blood donation. Privacy concerns are addressed, and plans to expand the initiative to Bangladesh are mentioned.

What challenge do people in India face when they need blood donations?

• There are no platforms to connect donors and recipients.

• Blood is always available in abundance.

• They often need to find donors themselves.

• They have to rely on hospitals to find donors.

How can individuals sign up to be blood donors through Facebook?

• By sending an email to Facebook support.

• By signing up at facebook.com/donateblood.

• By visiting a local hospital.

• By calling a helpline number.

What is one way Facebook notifies potential blood donors?

• By calling them directly.

• By sending a notification when someone nearby needs blood.

• By sending a text message.

• Through email alerts.

What personal experience motivated the speaker to work on this blood donation project?

• The speaker is a regular blood donor.

• The speaker is a doctor.

• The speaker's father needed blood during cancer treatment.

• A friend needed a blood transfusion.

How many people in India signed up to be blood donors within a few months?

• 4 million

• 1 million

• 2 million

• 3 million

What measures does Facebook take to ensure the privacy of blood donors?

• Publishing donor lists online.

• Collecting detailed medical history.

• Not sharing blood type or donor status.

• Sharing donor information with hospitals.

Which country is Facebook planning to expand the blood donation feature to next?

• Nepal

• Sri Lanka

• Pakistan

• Bangladesh