Blood Donation Practice and Associated Factors in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blood donation is a novel act to save the lives of people who face serious medical and surgical conditions. Since the demand for blood supply is too high, there is a shortage of blood which causes significant morbidity and mortality. To increase blood supply and maintain adequate quantity of blood, regular and volunteer blood donation practice is needed, which meets the increased demand for blood. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis was aimed at assessing the prevalence of blood donation practices and associated factors in Ethiopia.

Method

PubMed/MEDLINE, HINARI, Embase, Scopus, Google Scholar, African Journals Online (AJOL), and published and unpublished articles from the Ethiopian University repository were searched to find articles. Cochrane

SUBMITTER: Getie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7714580 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature