Voluntary Blood Donor Recruitment: A Strategy to Reduce Transmission of HIV-1, Hepatitis-B and Syphilis in Kinshasa, Zaïre

1990 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 224-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Jäger ◽  
K. Nseka ◽  
B. Goussard ◽  
C.-M. Kabeya ◽  
G. Rauhaus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Blood Donor ◽  
Voluntary Blood Donor ◽  
Hiv 1 ◽  
Donor Recruitment

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Donor Recruitment Strategies Towards Improving Availability Of Blood Product In Nigerian Tertiary Health Institution

2020 ◽  
Vol 154 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S166-S167
Author(s):  
A Bolarinwa ◽  
A T Olatinwo
Keyword(s):  
Blood Donor ◽  
Blood Product ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Average Rate ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Recruitment And Retention ◽  
Voluntary Blood Donor ◽  
Donor Recruitment

Abstract Introduction/Objective Over the years, many strategies has been put in place to improve blood donations and overcome socio-cultural myths and fear that has held groups of people from voluntary blood donation in Nigeria and other subsahara africa countries. Among these are adequate education, approaches through religious group leaders, non-monetary incentives like giving them special awards during world blood donor day. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and adequacy of our blood donor recruitment and retention strategies in improving availability of blood product in our institution Methods For this cross sectional retrospective study, Data including blood donation and break down of pattern of donations, request for blood products, monthly units of blood issued gotten from our 5 year Transfusion services records were searched, same entered into Microsoft Excel and the were analysed Results Our voluntary non-renumerated blood donation steadily increased from 4.55 in 2015 to 33.3% in 2019, this represent a five fold increase in our voluntary donor recruitment within the period under review. However overall blood donation rate remained steady at approximately 12000 units per annum over this period of time. There is an increase in request rate, on the average the rate of blood request was 1214 units per month in 2015, but in 2018 this has increased to an average of 1738 units per month and by 2019 average rate of request was 2300 units per month. Out of this huge request only 67.9% of them was met, implying a huge deficit in our blood availability despite increasing pool of voluntary blood donor. Conclusion Findings in this study revealed a steady increase in the pool of voluntary blood donor which did not reflect in our overall blood availability. This might be due to concurrent decrease in our family replacement donor. This finding also suggests that even though our current strategy used in donor recruitment and retention might seems effective, they are still not adequat, as there is no commensurate rise in blood donation to match the progressive increase in blood demand. In the face of this inadequacy it might be expedient to also audit the blood ordering pattern in our centre in order to reduce wastage while we continue to work towards increasing the voluntary blood donor base.

The prevalence of hepatitis B and C co-infections among people with HIV-1 in Bulgaria: 2010–2015

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 791-798
Author(s):  
Ivailo Alexiev ◽  
Elitsa Golkocheva-Markova ◽  
Asya Kostadinova ◽  
Reneta Dimitrova ◽  
Lora Nikolova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen ◽  
Hcv Rna ◽  
B Virus ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Multiple Risk Behavior ◽  
Hiv 1 ◽  
Hiv Aids

Aim: To evaluate hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among individuals with HIV/AIDS in Bulgaria diagnosed between 2010 and 2015. Materials & methods: A total of 1158 individuals were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS during the study period. Different transmission groups were tested with ELISA and real-time PCR for HBV and HCV markers. Results: Hepatitis B surface antigen and hepatitis C virus antiboby were found in 9.3 and 23.2% of the tested. HBV DNA and HCV RNA has been found in 47.4 and 69.6%. Hepatitis B and C co-infections were predominant in multiple risk behavior groups, including people who inject drugs, men who have sex with men, prisoners and Roma individuals. Conclusion: HIV prevalence in Bulgaria is low but the rates of hepatitis B and C co-infections among these patients fall within the upper range reported in Europe.

Methadone-maintained former heroin addicts, including those who are anti-HIV-1 seropositive, comply with and respond to hepatitis B vaccination

Addiction ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Borg ◽  
Elizabeth Khuri ◽  
Aaron Wells ◽  
Dorothy Melia ◽  
Nora V. Bergasa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Hepatitis B Vaccination ◽  
Heroin Addicts ◽  
Anti Hiv ◽  
Hiv 1

scholarly journals HIV and Hepatitis B seroprevalence among the nepalese blood donors

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 390-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
SR Kandel ◽  
P Ghimire ◽  
BR Tiwari ◽  
M Rajkarnikar
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen ◽  
Elisa Test ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Test Kit ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Donated Blood ◽  
Donor Recruitment

Background: HIV and Hepatitis B infections are public health problems in Nepal. This study was conducted based at NRCS/CBTS, with the objective of determining the HIV and HBsAg sero-prevalence in non-remunerated volunteer blood donors. Materials and Methods: A total of 66,904 units of blood collected, following donor recruitment criteriaduring March 2009-Sept. 2010 was included for analysis. All donated blood samples were subjected to screening for Transfusion transmitted infections including HIV and Hepatitis B surface antigen using standard ELISA test kits (Dade Behring, Germany). Initial reactive sera were re-tested for reconfi rmation with same test kits plus another test kit (Detect-HIV, Adaltis Inc, and Qualisa). Results: Out of 66,904 units of blood collected, 56,973 units were from male and 9,931 were from female donors. Among the total screened samples, 73 (0.10%) were found to be positive for HIV, {0.11% (64/56973) in male and 0.09% (9/9931) in female}; the difference between male and female donors (?2<3.841) was statistically signifi cant. The seroprevalence of HIV was highest in age group of 30- 39 both in male and female (p<0.001). Similarly, for HBsAg, overall seroprevalence was found to be 0.47% (316/66904 {0.42% (242/56973) in male and 0.74% (74/9931) in female}. The difference was statistically signifi cant (?2<3.841). The highest HBsAg sero-prevalence(0.65%) was also observed in same age group i.e. 30-39 (p<0.001) in male but highest seroprevalence (2.63%) was observed inage group of ?50 in female. Conclusion: Both HIV and HBV sero-prevalence is high in adult voluntary blood donors. Journal of Pathology of Nepal (2013) Vol. 3, No.1, Issue 5, 390-393 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jpn.v3i5.7864

Hepatitis B virus genotype distribution in HIV-1 coinfected patients

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (5) ◽  
pp. 1559-1560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianguglielmo Zehender ◽  
Chiara De Maddalena ◽  
Laura Milazzo ◽  
Manuela Piazza ◽  
Massimo Galli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B Virus ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Genotype Distribution ◽  
Virus Genotype ◽  
B Virus ◽  
Hiv 1

Prevalence and Determinants of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection in a Cohort of HIV-1 Discordant Couples in Western Kenya: Implications for HIV Care

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (S1) ◽  
pp. A280-A280
Author(s):  
Dismas C.O. Oketch ◽  
Eunice Kaguiri ◽  
Nereo Murgor ◽  
Cosmas Apaka ◽  
Paul Ayuo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B Virus ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Hbv Infection ◽  
Hiv Care ◽  
Western Kenya ◽  
B Virus ◽  
Discordant Couples ◽  
Hiv 1
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