External Financial Aid to Blood Transfusion Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Need for Reflection

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Ala, Fereydoun ^a   Allain, Jean Pierre ^b   Bates, Imelda ^c   Boukef, Kamel ^d   Boulton, Frank ^e   Brandful, James ^f   Dax, Elizabeth M ^a   El Ekiaby, Magdy ^g   Farrugia, Albert ^h   Gorlin, Jed ⁱ   Hassall, Oliver ^c,j   Lee, Helen ^b   Loua, André ^k   Maitland, Kathryn ^l   Mbanya, Dora ^m   Mukhtar, Zainab ⁿ   Murphy, William ^o   Opare Sem, Ohene ^p   Owusu Ofori, Shirley ^q   Reesink, Henk ^r   Roberts, David ^j,s   Torres, Oscar ^t   Totoe, Grace ^u   Ullum, Henrik ^v   Wendel, Silvano ^w   more..

^a University of Cambridge ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^g Shabrawishi Hospital   (Egypt)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁱ Memorial Blood Centers of Minnesota   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k University of Guinée   (Guinea)

^l IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

ⁿ Transfusion Medicine   (Pakistan)

^o UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^p KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^q KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^r ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^s NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^t Hospital Materno Infantil Ramon Sarda   (Argentina)

^u Sirio Libanes Hospital   (United States)

^v University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^w HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BUDGET; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HUMANS;

EID: 84866670557     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001309     Document Type: Article

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