The blood donor in sub-Saharan Africa: A review

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Tagny, C T ^a,b   Owusu Ofori, S ^c   Mbanya, D ^a,b   Deneys, V ^d  

^a University Teaching Hospital Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^d Rode Kruis Vlaanderen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

African culture; Blood donor; Sub Saharan Africa; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; REVIEW; SCREENING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; DONOR SELECTION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKOCYTE REDUCTION PROCEDURES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049086047     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2009.00958.x     Document Type: Review

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