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

Authors

Meghan Delaney, Division of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Children's National Hospital; George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Lucy Asamoah-Akuoko, Research, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Department, National Blood Service Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Jana MacLeod, Kenyatta University College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Nairobi, Kenya.
Bridon M'baya, Malawi Blood Transfusion Service, Blantyre, Malawi.
Bernard Appiah, Research Program on Health Communication and Public Engagement (H-COPE), Department of Public Health, Falk College, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh, Department of Hematology, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Alfred Edwin Yawson, Department of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana.
Emmanuel Nene Dei, Research, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Department, National Blood Service Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Cindy Makanga, Institute of Healthcare Management, Strathmore University Business School, Nairobi, Kenya.
Abdirahman Musa, Institute of Healthcare Management, Strathmore University Business School, Nairobi, Kenya.
Tecla Chelagat, Institute of Healthcare Management, Strathmore University Business School, Nairobi, Kenya.
Kevin Ochieng, Center for Public Health and Development, Kisumu, Kenya.
Titus Chiwindo, University of North Carolina Project-Malawi/Lilongwe Medical Relief Fund Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Maganizo Chagomerana, University of North Carolina Project-Malawi/Lilongwe Medical Relief Fund Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Juan Carlos Puyana, Department of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Pratap Kumar, Institute of Healthcare Management, Strathmore University Business School, Nairobi, Kenya.
Mina C. Hosseinipour, University of North Carolina Project-Malawi/Lilongwe Medical Relief Fund Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Susan Telke, Division of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Cavan Reilly, Division of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

6-24-2025

Journal

Transfusion

DOI

10.1111/trf.18311

Keywords

donors; health research methodology; statistics; study design

APA Citation

Delaney, Meghan; Asamoah-Akuoko, Lucy; MacLeod, Jana; M'baya, Bridon; Appiah, Bernard; Dei-Adomakoh, Yvonne; Yawson, Alfred Edwin; Dei, Emmanuel Nene; Makanga, Cindy; Musa, Abdirahman; Chelagat, Tecla; Ochieng, Kevin; Chiwindo, Titus; Chagomerana, Maganizo; Puyana, Juan Carlos; Kumar, Pratap; Hosseinipour, Mina C.; Telke, Susan; and Reilly, Cavan, "The African blood donor study: Study design and pilot experience from the BLOODSAFE program" (2025). GW Authored Works. Paper 7378.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/7378

Department

Pathology