From the 17th till the 20th of July, EFS welcomed a Brazilian delegation on its centres of Rouen (the 17th and 18th), of Lyon (the 20th), and at its headquarters (the 19th), within the scope of the cooperation in blood transfusion that has been uniting France and Brazil since the 1980s.

The cooperation between France and Chile with regard to transfusion led to the introduction of university diplomas in Transfusion Medicine. This cooperation is supported and followed up by the French Embassy in Chile and by the Chilean Health Ministry.

Cooperation between France and Brazil, with regard to transfusion, started at the beginning of the 1980s. It is therefore the most long-running international cooperation in the field of blood transfusion. The French Embassy in Brazil is closely involved in this cooperation.

The EFS was present, as a partner of the World Health Organisation (WHO):

The Franco-Brazilian cooperation is the oldest of the international cooperations in the transfusion domain: the Eleventh Franco-Brazilian Symposium took place last October in Brasilia, with the support of the French Embassy and almost 200 participants.

The EFS is supporting transfusion improvements in Chile through the implementation of several essential actions, including the revision of regional plans, regulatory texts and best practices, the organization of medical and technical training and a transfusion medicine diploma.