Maternal health: the tech saving mothers in sub-Saharan Africa
The Aga Khan University Heart and Cancer Center in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Article Author: Maternal health: the tech saving mothers in sub-Saharan Africa
Media Source: Euronews (France)
Date: 9 February 2022
Thousands of mothers die in sub-Saharan Africa every year with demand for blood outstripping supply. According to research by Terumo BCT, a blood and cell technology group, more than 16,000 mothers' lives could be saved each year in Kenya, Ghana and Ivory Coast, if enough blood was available to treat postpartum haemorrhage. “The…
Thousands of mothers die in sub-Saharan Africa every year with demand for blood outstripping supply. According to research by Terumo BCT, a blood and cell technology group, more than 16,000 mothers' lives could be saved each year in Kenya, Ghana and Ivory Coast, if enough blood was available to treat postpartum haemorrhage. “The provision of safe, adequate blood is a possibility in this country," says Dr Nancy Okinda, a Haematologist at the Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi. "The government has to work with the hospitals and all the private institutions to ensure that we have a robust donor registry, and also to acquire technologies that will help them maximise the number of donors they have,” she adds.