Experts Proposed to IPA CIS to Draft a Model Law on Donation of Blood and Its Components

21 June 2022

Experts Proposed to IPA CIS to Draft a Model Law on Donation of Blood and Its Components

On 21 June, Minsk (Republic of Belarus) hosted a meeting of the CIS Expert Advisory Board on Transfusiology.

The event brought together the representatives of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as the representatives of the IPA CIS and the CIS Executive Committee.

Chairman of the Expert Advisory Board, Director of the Republican Research and Practical Center for Transfusiology and Medical Biotechnologies, Chief Freelance Transfusiologist of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus Fedor Karpenko led the event.

The IPA CIS Council Secretariat was represented by Secretary of the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Social Policy and Human Rights, Executive Secretary of the IPA CIS Expert Advisory Board on Public Health Evgenia Vladimirova. She provided information on the model laws adopted by the IPA CIS in the field of healthcare and on the activities of the IPA CIS Expert Advisory Board on Public Health.  

The meeting also discussed the Long-Term Plan of Model Law-Making in the Commonwealth of Independent States for 2023–2025 and the draft framework of the Model Law on Donation of Blood and Its Components. The meeting decided to request the IPA CIS to include this Model Law in the Long-Term Plan.

The meeting also discussed the Work Plan of the Expert Advisory Board for 2022–2023 and the draft CIS Cooperation Program on Transfusiology.