The history of blood transfusion in Sub-Saharan Africa

The history of blood transfusion in Sub-Saharan Africa /

"This first extensive study of the practice of blood transfusion in Africa traces the history of one of the most important therapies in modern medicine from the period of colonial rule to independence and the AIDS epidemic. The introduction of transfusion held great promise for improving health...

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Main Author: Schneider, William H. (William Howard), 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2013
Series:Perspectives on global health.
Subjects:
Blood > Transfusion > Africa > History.
Blood banks > Risk management > Africa.
AIDS (Disease) > Epidemiology.
Risk management.
Blood Transfusion > history
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > transmissionzafrica south of the sahara
Blood Banks > organization & administration.
Blood-Borne Pathogens
History, 20th Century
Risk Management
risk management.
Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa South of the Sahara
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