Implementation and performance of haemovigilance systems in 10 sub-saharan African countries is sub-optimal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Haemovigilance is an important element of blood regulation. It includes collecting and evaluating the information on adverse events resulting from the use of blood and blood components with the aim to improve donor and patient safety. We describe the results of the pilot of the integrated GBT+ Blood for the haemovigilance function in 10 sub-Saharan African countries.

Methods

We piloted the integrated WHO Global Benchmarking Tool plus Blood (GBT+ Blood) to assess the haemovigilance function of national regulatory authorities (NRAs) in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Liberia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Data obtained from documents and face to face interviews were used to determine the status of implementation and performance of the follo

SUBMITTER: Samukange WT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8605544 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature