Saudi crown prince launches 2026 national blood donation campaign

Mohammed bin Salman donated blood to mark the start of the annual campaign.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman donated blood on October 6, launching the national campaign for 2026. More than 900,000 people donated blood in the kingdom in 2025.

Source: Umm Al-Qura, the Official Gazette of Saudi Arabia

Saudi crown prince taking part in a blood donation campaign — Mohammed bin Salman donates blood to launch Saudi Arabia’s 2026 national campaign. Illustrative photo. Photo: AhmadArdity / Pixabay, Pixabay Content License

Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud donated blood on October 6, launching the kingdom’s annual national blood donation campaign for 2026.

The campaign aims to raise awareness of regular voluntary blood donation, encourage social responsibility and help Saudi Arabia meet its needs for blood and blood components. Donations support patients requiring emergency medical care, including people with cancer and blood disorders.

The campaign is also intended to help maintain a safe, sustainable blood supply and support the healthcare system in meeting patients’ treatment needs across the kingdom.

More than 900,000 people donated blood in Saudi Arabia in 2025. During that year’s national campaign, the number of donors quadrupled to more than 65,000. All donations were voluntary, and more than 85% of donors were giving blood for the first time.

The campaign helped more than 63,000 people receive blood components. Another 10,000 benefited from platelets and 10,000 from plasma.

Translated from Arabic using artificial intelligence. Source: Umm Al-Qura, the Official Gazette of Saudi Arabia