Protocol: identifying policy, system, and environment change interventions to enhance availability of blood for transfusion in Kenya, a mixed-methods study

• Main Authors: Alejandro Munoz-Valencia (Author), Jackline O. Aridi (Author), Linda S. Barnes (Author), Kristina E. Rudd (Author), Bopaya Bidanda (Author), Tonny Epuu (Author), Robert Kamu (Author), Tecla Kivuli (Author), Jana Macleod (Author), Cindy M. Makanga (Author), Jennifer Makin (Author), Muthoni Mate (Author), Carolyne Njoki Muiru (Author), Gatwiri Murithi (Author), Abdirahaman Musa (Author), Hellen Nyagol (Author), Kevin Ochieng (Author), Jayant Rajgopal (Author), Nakul P. Raykar (Author), Yiqi Tian (Author), Mark H. Yazer (Author), Bo Zeng (Author), Bernard Olayo (Author), Pratap Kumar (Author), Juan Carlos Puyana (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Safe blood is essential for the care of patients with life-threatening anemia and hemorrhage. Low blood donation rates, inefficient testing procedures, and other supply chain disruptions in blood administration affect patients in low-resource settings across Sub-Saharan countries...