02784nam 2200577 450 991081632180332120230803031515.00-8214-4453-0(CKB)2670000000427390(EBL)1743592(OCoLC)858861550(SSID)ssj0000999673(PQKBManifestationID)12362751(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000999673(PQKBWorkID)10943411(PQKB)10443952(MiAaPQ)EBC1743592(Au-PeEL)EBL1743592(CaPaEBR)ebr10769569(EXLCZ)99267000000042739020130702d2013 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe history of blood transfusion in Sub-Saharan Africa /William H. SchneiderAthens, Ohio :Ohio University Press,2013.1 online resource (251 p.)Perspectives on global healthDescription based upon print version of record.0-8214-2037-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Blood transfusion before the Second World War -- Blood transfusion from 1945 to independence -- Blood transfusion in independent African countries -- Who got blood? : indications for the use of blood transfusion, 1945/2000 -- Who gave blood? -- Blood transfusion and health risk before and after the AIDS epidemic -- African blood transfusion in the context of global health.This first extensive study of the practice of blood transfusion in Africa traces the history of one of the most important therapies in modern medicine from the period of colonial rule to independence and the AIDS epidemic. The introduction of transfusion held great promise for improving health, but like most new medical practices, transfusion needed to be adapted to the needs of sub-Saharan Africa, for which there was no analogous treatment in traditional African medicine. This otherwise beneficent medical procedure also created a "royal road" for microorganisms, and thus played a centralPerspectives on Global HealthAIDS (Disease)EpidemiologyBlood banksRisk managementAfricaBloodTransfusionAfricaHistoryAIDS (Disease)Epidemiology.Blood banksRisk managementBloodTransfusionHistory.362.1784096Schneider William H(William Howard),1945-1549822MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816321803321The history of blood transfusion in Sub-Saharan Africa4068943UNINA