External Financial Aid to Blood Transfusion Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Need for Reflection

Fereydoun Ala; Jean-Pierre Allain; Imelda Bates; Kamel Boukef; Frank Boulton; James Brandful; Elizabeth M. Dax; Magdy El Ekiaby; Albert Farrugia; Jed Gorlin; Oliver Hassall; Helen Lee; André Loua; Kathryn Maitland; Dora Mbanya; Zainab Mukhtar; William Murphy; Ohene Opare-Sem; Shirley Owusu-Ofori; Henk Reesink; David Roberts; Oscar Torres; Grace Totoe; Henrik Ullum; Silvano Wendel

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001309

External Financial Aid to Blood Transfusion Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Need for Reflection

Fereydoun Ala
, Jean-Pierre Allain
, Imelda Bates
, Kamel Boukef
, Frank Boulton
, James Brandful
, Elizabeth M. Dax
, Magdy El Ekiaby
, Albert Farrugia
, Jed Gorlin
, Oliver Hassall
, Helen Lee
, André Loua
, Kathryn Maitland
, Dora Mbanya
, Zainab Mukhtar
, William Murphy
, Ohene Opare-Sem
, Shirley Owusu-Ofori
, Henk Reesink

David Roberts, Oscar Torres, Grace Totoe, Henrik Ullum, Silvano Wendel

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Jean-Pierre Allain and colleagues argue that, while unintended, the foreign aid provided for blood transfusion services in sub-Saharan Africa has resulted in serious negative outcomes, which requires reflection and rethinking

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e1001309
Journal	PLoS medicine
Volume	9
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001309
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Ala, F., Allain, J.-P., Bates, I., Boukef, K., Boulton, F., Brandful, J., Dax, E. M., El Ekiaby, M., Farrugia, A., Gorlin, J., Hassall, O., Lee, H., Loua, A., Maitland, K., Mbanya, D., Mukhtar, Z., Murphy, W., Opare-Sem, O., Owusu-Ofori, S., ... Wendel, S. (2012). External Financial Aid to Blood Transfusion Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Need for Reflection. PLoS medicine, 9(9), e1001309. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001309

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External Financial Aid to Blood Transfusion Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Need for Reflection

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