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