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

Meghan Delaney¹, Lucy Asamoah-Akuoko², Jana MacLeod^{3

4}, Bridon M'baya⁵, Bernard Appiah⁶, Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh⁷, Alfred Edwin Yawson⁸, Emmanuel Nene Dei², Cindy Makanga⁴, Abdirahman Musa⁴, Tecla Chelagat⁴, Kevin Ochieng⁹, Titus Chiwindo¹⁰, Maganizo Chagomerana¹⁰, Juan Carlos Puyana^{11

12}, Pratap Kumar^{4

13}, Mina C Hosseinipour^{10

14}, Susan Telke¹⁵, Cavan Reilly¹⁵; BLOODSAFE Program Investigators

Collaborators, Affiliations

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Children's National Hospital; George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
² Research, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Department, National Blood Service Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
³ Kenyatta University College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁴ Institute of Healthcare Management, Strathmore University Business School, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁵ Malawi Blood Transfusion Service, Blantyre, Malawi.
⁶ Research Program on Health Communication and Public Engagement (H-COPE), Department of Public Health, Falk College, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
⁷ Department of Hematology, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
⁸ Department of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana.
⁹ Center for Public Health and Development, Kisumu, Kenya.
¹⁰ University of North Carolina Project-Malawi/Lilongwe Medical Relief Fund Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi.
¹¹ Department of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
¹² Department of Global Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
¹³ Global Business School, University College, London, UK.
¹⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
¹⁵ Division of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

PMID: 40552376
DOI: 10.1111/trf.18311

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

Meghan Delaney et al. Transfusion. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 24.

doi: 10.1111/trf.18311. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Collaborators

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Children's National Hospital; George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
² Research, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Department, National Blood Service Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
³ Kenyatta University College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁴ Institute of Healthcare Management, Strathmore University Business School, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁵ Malawi Blood Transfusion Service, Blantyre, Malawi.
⁶ Research Program on Health Communication and Public Engagement (H-COPE), Department of Public Health, Falk College, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
⁷ Department of Hematology, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
⁸ Department of Community Health, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana.
⁹ Center for Public Health and Development, Kisumu, Kenya.
¹⁰ University of North Carolina Project-Malawi/Lilongwe Medical Relief Fund Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi.
¹¹ Department of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
¹² Department of Global Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
¹³ Global Business School, University College, London, UK.
¹⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
¹⁵ Division of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

PMID: 40552376
DOI: 10.1111/trf.18311

No abstract available

Keywords: donors; health research methodology; statistics; study design.

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1. Delaney M, Telke S, Zou S, Williams MJ, Aridi JO, Rudd KE, et al. The BLOODSAFE program: building the future of access to safe blood in sub‐Saharan Africa. Transfusion. 2022;62(11):2282–2290.
1. BLOODSAFE. Research to enhance availability of safe blood for patients with severe anemia and hemorrhagic conditions in low or lower‐middle income countries (LLMICs) in sub‐Saharan Africa (UG3/UH3 clinical trial optional), funding opportunity announcement RFA‐HL‐20‐009. Department of Health and Human Services. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/rfa-hl-20-009.html. accessed 3/3/2025.
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The African blood donor study: Study design and pilot experience from the BLOODSAFE program

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

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