非洲撒哈拉以南地区输血历史

 

Article Outline

• Abstract
• The Key Role of Physicians and Hospitals
• Developments After Independence and the Role of International Assistance
• Donors and Use of Blood Transfusions
• Blood Safety Before and After the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
• Acknowledgments
• References
• Copyright

Abstract 

The adequacy and safety of blood transfusion in sub-Saharan Africa is the subject of much concern, yet there have been very few studies of its history. An overview of that record finds that transfusions were first reported in Africa (sub-Saharan and excluding South Africa) in the early 1920s, and organized transfusion practices were established befo