Low Donor Numbers Hamper Africa's National Blood Services WHOAFRO: Africa
"We needed donor blood as a matter of urgency," recalls Beatrice Mfoafo, a critical care nurse at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana's capital.
African countries have made progress by establishing nationally coordinated blood transfusion services, policy frameworks and national standards for collecting, testing, processing, storing and distributing blood and blood products, according to the 2022The number of facilities accredited by the Africa Society for Blood Transfusion Step-Wise Accreditation Programme doubled between 2013 and 2020.
In Ghana, for example, around 180 000 blood donations were collected in 2022 - far short of the year's target of 308 000 donations. The COVID-19 pandemic also drove down the number of voluntary blood donors in Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi and Mauritius, from more than 80% to less than 50%.
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