Sickle cell disease affects about 100,000 people in the United States. One of the largest nonprofits supplying blood to hospitals and health centers is urging African Americans to donate more blood.
IN June, World Blood Donor Day highlights the urgent need for safe blood for patients in need of donations for various health emergencies or diseases. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, we call on our ...
The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) is calling on South Africans to roll up their sleeves and donate blood as ...
Of the 196 000 women who die each year in sub-Saharan Africa from pregnancy-related complications, a third die from bleeding. Pregnant women need blood transfusion to treat anaemia or bleeding due to ...
On a work trip to Kenya nearly three decades ago, Cecelia Gore was bombarded with questions about her African ethnicity. Her tall, statuette frame prompted guesses about whether Gore was Maasai, an ...
Eirik Tjonnfjord is a Senior Consultant (Hematology) at Fürst Medisinsk Laboratorium. In this interview with Adeleke “Mai Nasara” Adeyemi, US-based award-winning author and science communicator, ...
One of the largest nonprofits supplying blood to hospitals and health centers is urging African Americans to donate more blood. Lorean Mays, who oversees the African-American and Sickle Cell ...