
Australian Marrow Match
@ausmarrowmatch
Raising awareness about the Australian Bone Marrow Donation Registry's Strength to Give campaign #iammalifesaver
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https://australianmarrowmatch.org.au 24-08-2019 10:35:30
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Don't forget while the Swab program is on hold you can still help people out by donating blood and even signing up to the a potential Stem Cell Donor via lifebloodauā . Red blood cells only last 42 days. Australia needs over 1.7 million donations every year that's 3 every minute



How can you sign up to be a potential stem cell donor while the swab program is on pause?ā Just book yourself in for a blood donation with lifebloodau and ask about blood stem cell donation. To find out more go to australianmarrowmatch.org.au




We're taking a break until Feb 2023 but are still working on getting funding for swab registration. Register your interest to become a potential stem cell donor via our website or sign up through lifebloodau . Thanks for your support! š„° ā australianmarrowmatch.org.au


A prescient reminder of the woeful underfunding of the Australian bone marrow donor registry - please sign up if you are 18-35 & please write to your local MP to ask for urgent action on this issue! #bmtsm #hemetwitter Mark Butler MP Ged Kearney


Article in todayās The West Australian PerthNow @7NewsPerth - please retweet to spread the word! Mark Butler MP Ged Kearney the registry needs funding urgently.


Great news. I hope swab registration will be back soon. We have 500 people who have registered their interest in joining the registry when the swabs are back. That is a life-saving number! Thanks Bob Katter and to Mark Butler MP

Thank you @channel10au for highlighting this issue. We can't wait to hear how the cheek swab program can be expedited. But Liam Lifesavinglist and many others need a match now so if youāre aged 18-35 add your name to the stem cell register when giving blood šlifebloodau

Thanks to Dr Monique Ryan MP for continuing to raise awareness of the need to fund swab registration, thereby bolstering numbers on the bone marrow donor registry (ABMDR) and helping to save lives See this Instagram video by @mon4kooyong instagram.com/reel/Cpef4JKqUā¦


Thanks Allegra Spender & Bob Katter for caring enough about people accessing bone marrow transplants to speak out in support of getting funding back for cheek swab registration for donors. This will save lives. ELISSA GILLON Ur the Cure instagram.com/reel/Cpl01T0jgā¦

EXCITING NEWS!! Swab Registration is back! Swab your cheek. Send it back. Save a life. Head to Strengthtogive.org.au to order your cheek swab kit and register as a blood stem cell donor. You can save a life #strength2give #bloodcancer tabitha nix ELISSA GILLON

