His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, donated blood, launching the Kingdom’s annual National Blood Donation Campaign for 2026 in a humanitarian initiative that highlights the importance of charitable work, community health, volunteering, and saving lives.

The Crown Prince’s blood donation carries a national and humanitarian message that reflects the values of solidarity and social cohesion within Saudi society. It also emphasizes the importance of voluntary blood donation as a noble humanitarian act that can, by God’s will, help save patients’ lives and support people requiring urgent medical care.

The campaign aims to increase public awareness of the importance of regular voluntary blood donation and strengthen the concept of social responsibility. It also seeks to contribute to achieving self-sufficiency in blood units and their components, which are essential for patients requiring emergency medical care, as well as cancer patients, people with blood disorders, and critical cases.

The campaign comes as part of Saudi Arabia’s continued support for humanitarian and healthcare initiatives and efforts to strengthen community participation. These efforts contribute to increasing voluntary blood donation rates and supporting the healthcare system in maintaining safe and sustainable supplies of blood and its components to meet patients’ treatment needs across different regions of the Kingdom.

According to the figures included in the announcement, more than 900,000 people donated blood in Saudi Arabia during 2025. The continued efforts are aimed at strengthening the culture of voluntary blood donation and supporting the sustainability of the national blood supply, in line with the objectives of the Health Sector Transformation Program and Saudi Vision 2030.

The annual National Blood Donation Campaign launched by the Crown Prince in 2025 also achieved a significant health and community impact. The campaign contributed to quadrupling the number of donors and recorded the largest number of donors in the history of blood banks in the Kingdom, with more than 65,000 donors.

The previous campaign recorded a 100% voluntary donation rate, while more than 85% of donors were first-time donors. This strong participation directly supported patients’ needs, with more than 63,000 people benefiting from blood units, while 10,000 benefited from platelets and another 10,000 from plasma.

These results highlight the importance of continuing national initiatives that encourage voluntary blood donation and establish it as a sustainable community practice. Such efforts also strengthen the readiness of blood banks and support Saudi Arabia’s healthcare system in meeting the treatment needs of patients across the Kingdom.