LEADER 02784nam 2200577 450 001 9910816321803321 005 20230803031515.0 010 $a0-8214-4453-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000427390 035 $a(EBL)1743592 035 $a(OCoLC)858861550 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000999673 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12362751 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000999673 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10943411 035 $a(PQKB)10443952 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1743592 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1743592 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10769569 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000427390 100 $a20130702d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe history of blood transfusion in Sub-Saharan Africa /$fWilliam H. Schneider 210 1$aAthens, Ohio :$cOhio University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (251 p.) 225 0$aPerspectives on global health 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8214-2037-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBlood 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. 330 $aThis first extensive study of the practice of blood transfusion in Africa traces the history of one of the most important therapies in modern medicine from the period of colonial rule to independence and the AIDS epidemic. The introduction of transfusion held great promise for improving health, but like most new medical practices, transfusion needed to be adapted to the needs of sub-Saharan Africa, for which there was no analogous treatment in traditional African medicine. This otherwise beneficent medical procedure also created a "royal road" for microorganisms, and thus played a central 410 0$aPerspectives on Global Health 606 $aAIDS (Disease)$xEpidemiology 606 $aBlood banks$xRisk management$zAfrica 606 $aBlood$xTransfusion$zAfrica$xHistory 615 0$aAIDS (Disease)$xEpidemiology. 615 0$aBlood banks$xRisk management 615 0$aBlood$xTransfusion$xHistory. 676 $a362.1784096 700 $aSchneider$b William H$g(William Howard),$f1945-$01549822 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816321803321 996 $aThe history of blood transfusion in Sub-Saharan Africa$94068943 997 $aUNINA