The blood supply in Sub-Saharan Africa: Needs, challenges, and solutions

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 416-421

  Lund, Troy C ^a   Hume, Heather ^b   Allain, Jean P ^c   McCullough, Jeffrey ^d   Dzik, Walter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood Supply; Global; Sub Saharan Africa; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALARIA; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICINE; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TRANSFUSION; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL; SUB SAHARAN AFRICA; TRANSFUSION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS;

EID: 84888429328     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: 18781683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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