The order from the Minister of Health regarding the classification of the regional blood transfusion centers of Sousse, Sfax, Jendouba, Gabès, Gafsa and Médenine was published in the Official Journal of the Tunisian Republic (JORT), in its edition of Tuesday, 10 November 2026.
Dated 6 November 2026, this order classifies the regional blood transfusion centers of Sousse and Sfax as regional centers with an academic (university) orientation.
By contrast, those in Jendouba, Gabès, Gafsa, and Médenine are classified as regional centers with a non-university designation.
It should be recalled that the network of regional centers under the National Blood Transfusion Center has been recently strengthened by the creation of a new regional center in the governorate of Médenine.
This new structure brings the total number of regional centers to six, distributed between two university-oriented centers in Sousse and Sfax, and four centers with a non-university designation.
This classification aims to define the institutional status of the regional blood transfusion centers and to clarify their positioning within the national blood transfusion system.
This national framework includes the Central Blood Transfusion Unit under the Ministry of Health, the National Blood Transfusion Center, as well as 25 blood banks installed in public hospitals and under the authority of their respective directorates.
It also includes the Military Blood Transfusion Center, under the Ministry of National Defense.
