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The Disrupters

Temie Giwa-Tubosun, Founder of LifeBank

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

At 30 weeks into her pregnancy, Temie Giwa-Tubsoun was in America when she was rushed to the hospital for an emergency C-section. Had she been in Nigeria, she realised she would probably have died.

In response to the shortage of blood supplies in Lagos, Temie founded LifeBank, a business enterprise working to improve access to blood transfusions in Nigeria which has today saved over 6,936 lives.

Presenters: Kamal Ahmed and Rohan Silva
Producer: Georgia Catt Show less

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