The African blood donor study: Study design and pilot experience from the BLOODSAFE program

the BLOODSAFE Program Investigators; Meghan Delaney; Lucy Asamoah-Akuoko; Jana MacLeod; Bridon M'baya; Bernard Appiah; Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh; Alfred Edwin Yawson; Emmanuel Nene Dei; Cindy Makanga; Abdirahman Musa; Tecla Chelagat; Kevin Ochieng; Titus Chiwindo; Maganizo Chagomerana; Juan Carlos Puyana; Pratap Kumar; Mina C. Hosseinipour; Susan Telke; Cavan Reilly

doi:10.1111/trf.18311

The African blood donor study: Study design and pilot experience from the BLOODSAFE program

the BLOODSAFE Program Investigators
, Meghan Delaney
, Lucy Asamoah-Akuoko
, Jana MacLeod
, Bridon M'baya
, Bernard Appiah
, Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh
, Alfred Edwin Yawson
, Emmanuel Nene Dei
, Cindy Makanga
, Abdirahman Musa
, Tecla Chelagat
, Kevin Ochieng
, Titus Chiwindo
, Maganizo Chagomerana
, Juan Carlos Puyana
, Pratap Kumar
, Mina C. Hosseinipour
, Susan Telke
, Cavan Reilly

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Children's National Medical Center
Planning
Kenyatta University
Strathmore University
Malawi Blood Transfusion Service
Syracuse University
University of Ghana
Center for Public Health and Development
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Pittsburgh
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
University College London
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1400-1406
Number of pages	7
Journal	Transfusion
Volume	65
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.18311
Publication status	Published - 24 Jun 2025

Keywords

donors
health research methodology
statistics
study design

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the BLOODSAFE Program Investigators, Delaney, M., Asamoah-Akuoko, L., MacLeod, J., M'baya, B., Appiah, B., Dei-Adomakoh, Y., Yawson, A. E., Dei, E. N., Makanga, C., Musa, A., Chelagat, T., Ochieng, K., Chiwindo, T., Chagomerana, M., Puyana, J. C., Kumar, P., Hosseinipour, M. C., Telke, S., & Reilly, C. (2025). The African blood donor study: Study design and pilot experience from the BLOODSAFE program. Transfusion, 65(8), 1400-1406. https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.18311

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