One blood donor can save many other lives. In Mongolia, 19,000 people donated their blood in the first nine months of 2016: last year a total of  30,400 people donated their blood for others. Known as the ‘man with the golden arm’, D.Bum-Erdene is Mongolia's only golden donor, having donated no less than 182 times! Mongolia has only 10 donors, who have donated over 100 times. Men can donate their blood once every two months; woman every three months.

The Mongolian National Blood Centre has 125 pieces of different equipment such as  bloodmobiles, cross-match and blood banks. More than 65 diversified pieces of equipment have been installed in branches of the National Blood Centre in Mongolia's 21 provinces. Donated blood is saved for a 1-3 year period in Mongolia.