Project Overview:
Systematic collection of blood donation and donor information across
multiple Sub-Saharan African countries to guide deployment of resources
and to determine the impact of future interventions.
Protocol
(Principal Investigators: Meghan Delaney, Cavan Reilly, Lucy
Asamoah-Akuoko, Pratap Kumar and Bridon M’baya)
An international repeated cross-sectional observational study of
blood donation in Sub-Saharan Africa (ABDS).
Collaborating Institutions:
Children's National Health System (Washington DC), University of
Minnesota (Minneapolis), National Blood Service Ghana (Accra), Strathmore
University (Nairobi) and Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (Blantyre)