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 ;     700+ 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...

Dunkin Donuts lauding blood donors

Glenview Announcements (IL);  January 11, 2007 ;     215 words ......program by offering free coffee to blood donors from 6 a.m. to midnight on Jan. 22...America running throughout the year. Blood donors can show a blood donor card or other...to all of us, but we chose to honor blood donors first because of the special need for...

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 ;     700+ 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 ;     700+ 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...

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 ;     700+ 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...

Will blood donors give money too?

Fund Raising Management;  March 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ...Will Blood Donors Give Money Too? A telemarketing test...hundreds of thousands of volunteers, blood donors and financial supporters. Our high...that this agency conducted with its blood donors. During the years, numerous Red Cross...

Five HIV-positive blood donors sentenced to jail terms

Xinhua News Agency;  December 7, 2005 ;     157 words ...Five HIV-positive blood donors sentenced to jail terms SINGAPORE, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Five blood donors, who had been positive for the human...transfusion. Stringent measures to screen blood donors and test donated blood have been in place...

Prevalence & significance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) seropositivity in...

Indian Journal of Medical Research;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......significance of anti HCV antibodies in healthy blood donors remains uncertain. These donors are...follow up studies on anti HCV positive blood donors have been reported from India. Paucity...significance of HCV seropositivity in blood donors with respect to their clinical, ...