Award of the century for blood donors

Evening Mail;  November 26, 1999 ;     114 words ...A GROUP of Midland blood donors who have helped to save dozens of lives have been rewarded...times, were honoured by the National Blood Service at a special awards ceremony at Birmingham City Council House. A blood service spokesman...

Honours for blood donors.(News)

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  May 18, 1999 ;     101 words ...SEVEN blood donors from Leamington and Warwick have been honoured after making 475...achievements were marked by the National Blood Service at its annual awards ceremony in Coventry. ''To reach 50 or 75 donations is an amazing achievement...

Ethiopian Volunteer Blood Donors on Increase

Xinhua News Agency;  December 28, 2001 ;     107 words ...The number of volunteer blood donors has risen by 41.3 percent from...Friday. Zinabu Kebede, head of Blood Donors Coordination of the Society,attributed...in addition to existing regular blood donors. He said the availability of blood...

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibody in health blood donors

Indian Journal of Medical Research;  October 1, 1999 ;   Makroo, R N; Raina, V; Kaushik, Vinkal;   787 words ......find the prevalence of HCV antibody in blood donors with an aim to provide safe blood for...of 44,086 blood samples from healthy blood donors was screened for HCV antibody by third...donor blood should be done. Key words Blood donors - HCV antibody - hepatitis C virus The...

Factors Influencing Hepatitis C Virus Seroprevalence among Blood Donors in...

Journal of Public Health Policy;  April 1, 2008 ;   Khattak, Muhammad Naeem; Akhtar, Saeed; Mahmud, Sadia; Roshan, Tariq Mahmood;   787 words ......associated factors among volunteer blood donors of the Northwest Frontier Province...Pakistan. Of 1,131 volunteer blood donors enrolled, 46 (4.1%) were positive...of anti-HCV antibodies among blood donors of the NWFP. Public awareness...

Morocco registers over 167,000 blood donors in 2006

Xinhua News Agency;  June 13, 2007 ;     189 words ...Morocco registers over 167,000 blood donors in 2006 RABAT, June 13 (Xinhua...Morocco recorded a total of 167,450 blood donors last year, representing an increase...transfusion center with 47,000 blood donors, followed by Rabat's regional...

Prevalence of HIV & VDRL seropositivity in blood donors of Delhi

Indian Journal of Medical Research;  September 1, 2005 ;   Singh, Bharat; Verma, Monika; Kotru, Mrinalini; Verma, Karttikaye; Batra, Madhu;   787 words ......reactivity varies from 0.8-15 per cent in blood donors. We present data on the prevalence and...with HIV 1 and 2 and VDRL reactivity in blood donors in Delhi. Between 2000-2002, a total...antigen detection in India. Key words Blood donors * HIV infection * prevalence * replacement...

HIV Found Among Myanmar Blood Donors

Xinhua English Newswire;  July 2, 1999 ;     234 words ...HIV has been found among blood donors in Myanmar after they went through...has been found in 0.7 percent of blood donors in Yangon and 0.97 percent in...need to organize more HIV-free blood donors to reduce the percentage of HIV-carryi...

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C and of human immunodeficiency virus...

British Journal of Biomedical Science;  October 1, 2007 ;   Mabayoje, V O; Oparinde, D P; Akanni, E O; Taiwo, S S; Muhibi, M A; Adebayo, T O;   787 words ......been put in place to screen prospective blood donors in Nigeria. Although a variety of agents...pathological course.8-10 Routine screening of blood donors for HBV and HIV is now carried out by...West Africa, prevalence of HCV among blood donors is 1.1-6.7%,12-15 but there is no ...

TV star to lead plea for blood donors.

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  January 5, 1999 ;     242 words ......advertisement aimed at recruiting more blood donors was launched today, featuring the voice...in England and Wales. Recruiting new blood donors, and encouraging repeat donations, is...is for more people to become regular blood donors. It takes an hour of your time, just...

TV star to lead plea for blood donors

Evening Mail;  January 5, 1999 ;     243 words ......advertisement aimed at recruiting more blood donors was launched today, featuring the voice...in England and Wales. Recruiting new blood donors, and encouraging repeat donations, is...is for more people to become regular blood donors. It takes an hour of your time, just...

Blood Donors Needed in Hangzhou

Xinhua English Newswire;  March 31, 1999 ;     214 words ......have been hit by a sharp decline in blood donors which has resulted in a critical shortage...despite a major promotion to encourage blood donors was launched in 1984 but has been described...provide blood free of charge. As a result blood donors and their relatives will enjoy ...

Fed: Family thanks blood donors

AAP General News (Australia);  July 1, 2002 ;     269 words ...00-00-0000 Fed: Family thanks blood donors By Sarah Wotherspoon MELBOURNE, July...was short but to the point: Without blood donors we wouldn't be here. So thanks . Rory...Melbourne, their mother Ruth thanked blood donors and appealed to the community to donate...

Impact of new AABB guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing among Saudi...

British Journal of Biomedical Science;  October 1, 2004 ;   Tamimi, W G; Altraif, I M; Aljumah, A; Albuharian, B S; Et al;   787 words ......against its old criteria for screening blood donors. Between July 1995 and December 2002, 63,368 consecutive blood donors were screening for hepatitis B and...of hepatitis B and C among Saudi blood donors was found to be 1.7% and 0.6%, respectively...

5 HIV-positive blood donors charged in Singapore

Xinhua News Agency;  November 9, 2005 ;     145 words ...5 HIV-positive blood donors charged in Singapore SINGAPORE, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Five blood donors, who had tested positive for the human...been taking stringent measures to screen blood donors and test donated blood. There are about...