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Just the Facts:
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112.5-million blood donations globally and half of these come from High-income countries
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High-income countries more often use blood for supportive care during surgery, in traumas or therapy for malignancies
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Low and middle-income countries more often use blood to manage pregnancy-related complications or in severe childhood anemia
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General availability of blood is based on the donation rate
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High-income countries have 33.1 donations/1000 people
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Middle-income countries have 11.7 donations/1000 people
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Low-income countries have 4.6 donations/1000 people
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70 countries reported collecting fewer than 10 donations per 1000 people and half of these countries were in the African region
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Disease prevalence in the region is reflected in the transmission rate of transfusion-transmissible infections (TTI)
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Table 1. Prevalence of TTIs in blood donations (Median, Interquartile range (IQR)), by income groups
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| HIV | HBV | HCV |
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| High-income countries | 0.003% (0.001% – 0.040%) | 0.030% (0.008% – 0.180%) | 0.020% (0.003% – 0.160%) | |
| Middle-income countries | 0.120% (0.020% – 0.340%) | 0.910% (0.280% – 2.460%) | 0.320% (0.090% – 0.690%) | |
| Low-income countries | 1.080% (0.560% – 2.690%) | 3.700% (3.340% – 8.470%) | 1.030% (0.670% – 1.800%) |
Submitted by: Dr. Laura Diegelmann