Title: International Blood Donation <br/>Author: Jon Mark Hirshon<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/96/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><ul> <li> <p> <strong>Just the Facts:</strong></p> <ul style="list-style-type:circle;"> <li> <p> 112.5-million blood donations globally and half of these come from High-income countries</p> </li> <li> <p> High-income countries more often use blood for supportive care during surgery, in traumas or therapy for malignancies</p> </li> <li> <p> Low and middle-income countries more often use blood to manage pregnancy-related complications or in severe childhood anemia</p> </li> <li> <p> General availability of blood is based on the donation rate</p> <ul> <li> <p> High-income countries have 33.1 donations/1000 people</p> </li> <li> <p> Middle-income countries have 11.7 donations/1000 people</p> </li> <li> <p> Low-income countries have 4.6 donations/1000 people</p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p> 70 countries reported collecting fewer than 10 donations per 1000 people and half of these countries were in the African region</p> </li> <li> <p> Disease prevalence in the region is reflected in the transmission rate of transfusion-transmissible infections (TTI)</p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> <strong>Table 1. Prevalence of TTIs in blood donations (Median, Interquartile range (IQR)), by income groups</strong></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:521px;" width="521"> <thead> <tr> <th> <p> </p> </th> <th> <p> <strong>HIV</strong></p> </th> <th> <p> <strong>HBV</strong></p> </th> <th> <p> <strong>HCV</strong></p> </th> <th> <p> </p> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="height:19px;"> <p align="center"> <strong>High-income countries</strong></p> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="height:19px;"> <p> <strong>0.003%</strong></p> <p> (0.001% – 0.040%)</p> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="height:19px;"> <p> <strong>0.030%</strong></p> <p> (0.008% – 0.180%)</p> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="height:19px;"> <p> <strong>0.020%</strong></p> <p> (0.003% – 0.160%)</p> </td> <td height="19" style="height:19px;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="16" style="height:16px;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="height:67px;"> <p align="center"> <strong>Middle-income countries</strong></p> </td> <td style="height:67px;"> <p> <strong>0.120%</strong></p> <p> (0.020% – 0.340%)</p> </td> <td style="height:67px;"> <p> <strong>0.910%</strong></p> <p> (0.280% – 2.460%)</p> </td> <td style="height:67px;"> <p> <strong>0.320%</strong></p> <p> (0.090% – 0.690%)</p> </td> <td height="67" style="height:67px;"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="height:67px;"> <p align="center"> <strong>Low-income countries</strong></p> </td> <td style="height:67px;"> <p> <strong>1.080%</strong></p> <p> (0.560% – 2.690%)</p> </td> <td style="height:67px;"> <p> <strong>3.700%</strong></p> <p> (3.340% – 8.470%)</p> </td> <td style="height:67px;"> <p> <strong>1.030%</strong></p> <p> (0.670% – 1.800%)</p> </td> <td height="67" style="height:67px;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <p> Submitted by: Dr. Laura Diegelmann</p>