National Blood Service Zimbabwe

The Salisbury Districts Blood Transfusion Service was established in 1958 as a not-for-profit making company under the Companies Act. The Bulawayo Districts Blood Transfusion Service was later established in 1960. Both services were established through the initiative of private medical practitioners. In order to ensure conformity of practice and to provide a cost effective national service, it was agreed to form a single transfusion service.

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) was then formed and registered as a non-profit making organization (CR442/58) in May 1989 following the amalgamation of the existing Bulawayo Districts Blood Transfusion Service and the Harare Districts Blood Transfusion Service. The Service has a constitution that governs its operations as embodied in the Memorandum and Articles of Association.