National Centre for Blood Transfusion
With an aim of being a Centre of excellence by conforming to International Blood and cornea tissue banking Standards, the Blood Transfusion Division has the mandate of providing safe, effective and adequate blood, blood products and cornea tissues to all patients in need.
BTD has five (5) Regional Centres for Blood transfusion (RCBTs) located in all administrative provinces and the City of Kigali. The Division has also a unit entitled Bio-banking unit (BBU). The unit is responsible for activities related to cornea tissue donation, retrieving, processing and distribution to all patients in need.
RCBTs carry out blood collections and other related activities in their catchment areas. Currently, blood is collected from 589 mobile blood collection sites established countrywide and from 5 fixed sites located at each RCBT.
BTD serves 80 transfusing public and private health facilities (Blood Transfusion Division Annual Report 2023).