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ReviewTransfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie2023

Strengthening Blood Regulatory Systems to Tackle Africa's Unmet Needs for Blood and Blood Products.

Washington T Samukange, Chancelar Kafere, Kristina Heinrich, George T Sabblah, Mwewa M Siame, Libert Chirinda, Jens Reinhardt, Anneliese Hilger

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In one paragraph

Review in Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. How to Ensure Blood Supply and Blood Safety in the Future.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Washington T SamukangeDivision of Major Policy Issues, Coordination, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.
Chancelar KafereDivision of Major Policy Issues, Coordination, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.
Kristina HeinrichDivision of Major Policy Issues, Coordination, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.
George T SabblahSafety Monitoring Department, Food and Drugs Authority, Accra, Ghana.
Mwewa M SiameNational Pharmacovigilance Unit, Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority, Lusaka, Zambia.
Libert ChirindaPharmacovigilance and Clinical Trials Division, Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Jens ReinhardtDivision Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.
Anneliese HilgerDivision Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.
Paul Ehrlich Institut · DEUtrecht University · NLZambia National Public Health Institute · ZMZimbabwe National Water Authority · ZW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Assuring the quality and safety of blood and blood components is an essential element of health care in all countries and requires government commitment and legal frameworks. Ineffective regulation of blood and blood components has far-reaching consequences that are not limited to the affected countries but also have extensive global implications. Summary: In this review, we summarize the work of the project BloodTrain funded by the German Ministry of Health within the framework of the Global Health Protection Programme to strengthen regulatory structures in Africa that are imperative to guarantee the improved availability, safety, and quality of blood and blood products. Key Messages: Intense interaction with the stakeholders in African partner countries lead to first measurable successes in the strengthening of blood regulation, as shown here for hemovigilance.

Indexed as

AfricaBlood safetyHemovigilanceRegulation of blood and blood products

Identifiers

PMID37066057
PMCPMC10090969
OpenAlexW4312093039

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