Donating blood is a vital part of healthcare and saves many lives every year. However, there are persistent blood supply shortages in many places, including Ghana, which frequently causes patients in need to wait potentially fatally long. Conventional blood donation procedures are beset by inefficiencies that delay the matching of donors and recipients and dissuade people from donating with onerous documentation. This study presents an online blood donation system that provides a safe, effective, and easily accessible way to link blood donors and those in need in order to address these issues. The project includes a thorough analysis, with the system being designed and developed using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL, as well as the Agile methodology. The goals of the system include making blood donation easier, improving productivity, getting more donors involved, protecting data, raising awareness, and improving the healthcare system as a whole. By offering a creative solution to blood donation problems, this paper hopes to benefit the healthcare industry by ultimately saving lives and enhancing the effectiveness of healthcare.

Keywords: Donating blood, MySQL, Conventional blood donation, Blood transfusions, Red Cross Blood Bank

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1. Amanquah, V.A.D. (2021). Succession planning strategies in family businesses (Doctoral dissertation, Walden University).
2. Ifland, L., Bloch, E. M., & Pitman, J. P. (2018). Funding blood safety in the 21st century. Transfusion, 58(1), 105-112.
3. World Health Organization. Blood donor selection: guidelines on assessing donor suitability for blood donation. World Health Organization; 2012.
4. Nag, A., Nath, B.K., Sil, R., & Chandra, P. (2023). Blood In Need: An Application for Blood Management. International Journal of Computer Information Systems & Industrial Management Applications, 15.
5. Gupta, R., Kumar, A., & Singhal, M. (2024). A Critical Review of Multiphase Modelling of Blood Flow in Human Cardiovascular System. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 1-25.
6. Sundararaman R.P. Scalable blood donation management system using big data analytics. 5th International Conference on Advanced Computing & Communication Systems (ICACCS). IEEE. 2019;353-358.
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9. Prabhakaran, D., Jha, D., Prieto-Merino, D., Roy, A., Singh, K., Ajay, V.S. & Patel, V. (2019). Effectiveness of an mHealth-based electronic decision support system for integrated management of chronic conditions in primary care: the m Wellcare cluster-randomized controlled trial. Circulation, 139(3), 380-391.
10. Abdul-Gafaru, T., Laar, D. S., & Kubuga, K. K. (2024). Design and Implementation of an Online Blood Donation System. Asian Journal of Research in Computer Science, 17(4), 44-61.
11. Abdulrhim, S., Sankaralingam, S., Ibrahim, M. I. M., Diab, M. I., Hussain, M. A. M., Al Raey, H., ... & Awaisu, A. (2021). Collaborative care model for diabetes in primary care settings in Qatar: a qualitative exploration among healthcare professionals and patients who experienced the service. BMC Health Services Research, 21, 1-12.
12. Warnakulasooriya, W. A. V. S. (2021). Blood Bank & Donor Management System (Doctoral dissertation).
13. Nabil, M., Ihab, R., El Masry, H., Said, S., & Youssef, S. (2020). A web-based blood donation and medical monitoring system integrating cloud services and mobile application. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1447, No. 1, p. 012001). IOP Publishing.
14. Gaurav Kumar PK. Impact of agile methodology on software development process. International Journal of Computer Technology and Electronics Engineering (IJCTEE). August 2012;2(4).
15. DeMarco, T. (2011). Structured analysis and system specification. In Software pioneers: contributions to software engineering (pp. 529-560). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
16. Roberts, N., James, S., Delaney, M., & Fitzmaurice, C. (2019). The global need and availability of blood products: a modelling study. The Lancet Haematology, 6(12), e606-e615.

Donating blood is a vital part of healthcare and saves many lives every year. However, there are persistent blood supply shortages in many places, including Ghana, which frequently causes patients in need to wait potentially fatally long. Conventional blood donation procedures are beset by inefficiencies that delay the matching of donors and recipients and dissuade people from donating with onerous documentation. This study presents an online blood donation system that provides a safe, effective, and easily accessible way to link blood donors and those in need in order to address these issues. The project includes a thorough analysis, with the system being designed and developed using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL, as well as the Agile methodology. The goals of the system include making blood donation easier, improving productivity, getting more donors involved, protecting data, raising awareness, and improving the healthcare system as a whole. By offering a creative solution to blood donation problems, this paper hopes to benefit the healthcare industry by ultimately saving lives and enhancing the effectiveness of healthcare.

Keywords: Donating blood, MySQL, Conventional blood donation, Blood transfusions, Red Cross Blood Bank

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1. Amanquah, V.A.D. (2021). Succession planning strategies in family businesses (Doctoral dissertation, Walden University).
2. Ifland, L., Bloch, E. M., & Pitman, J. P. (2018). Funding blood safety in the 21st century. Transfusion, 58(1), 105-112.
3. World Health Organization. Blood donor selection: guidelines on assessing donor suitability for blood donation. World Health Organization; 2012.
4. Nag, A., Nath, B.K., Sil, R., & Chandra, P. (2023). Blood In Need: An Application for Blood Management. International Journal of Computer Information Systems & Industrial Management Applications, 15.
5. Gupta, R., Kumar, A., & Singhal, M. (2024). A Critical Review of Multiphase Modelling of Blood Flow in Human Cardiovascular System. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 1-25.
6. Sundararaman R.P. Scalable blood donation management system using big data analytics. 5th International Conference on Advanced Computing & Communication Systems (ICACCS). IEEE. 2019;353-358.
7. Teena, A. C., Sankar, K., & Kannan, S. (2014). A study on blood bank management. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 19(8), 1123-1126.
8. Mars, M. (2018). 23rd Conference of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth and the 23rd Finnish National Conference on Telemedicine and eHealth. Helsinki-Stockholm-Helsinki 15th-17th March 2018. Journal of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, 6, eS3-1.
9. Prabhakaran, D., Jha, D., Prieto-Merino, D., Roy, A., Singh, K., Ajay, V.S. & Patel, V. (2019). Effectiveness of an mHealth-based electronic decision support system for integrated management of chronic conditions in primary care: the m Wellcare cluster-randomized controlled trial. Circulation, 139(3), 380-391.
10. Abdul-Gafaru, T., Laar, D. S., & Kubuga, K. K. (2024). Design and Implementation of an Online Blood Donation System. Asian Journal of Research in Computer Science, 17(4), 44-61.
11. Abdulrhim, S., Sankaralingam, S., Ibrahim, M. I. M., Diab, M. I., Hussain, M. A. M., Al Raey, H., ... & Awaisu, A. (2021). Collaborative care model for diabetes in primary care settings in Qatar: a qualitative exploration among healthcare professionals and patients who experienced the service. BMC Health Services Research, 21, 1-12.
12. Warnakulasooriya, W. A. V. S. (2021). Blood Bank & Donor Management System (Doctoral dissertation).
13. Nabil, M., Ihab, R., El Masry, H., Said, S., & Youssef, S. (2020). A web-based blood donation and medical monitoring system integrating cloud services and mobile application. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1447, No. 1, p. 012001). IOP Publishing.
14. Gaurav Kumar PK. Impact of agile methodology on software development process. International Journal of Computer Technology and Electronics Engineering (IJCTEE). August 2012;2(4).
15. DeMarco, T. (2011). Structured analysis and system specification. In Software pioneers: contributions to software engineering (pp. 529-560). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
16. Roberts, N., James, S., Delaney, M., & Fitzmaurice, C. (2019). The global need and availability of blood products: a modelling study. The Lancet Haematology, 6(12), e606-e615.