Malawi Blood Transfusion Service

Recent papers from Malawi Blood Transfusion Service

1. Long-term outcomes after primary intervention for congenital aortic valve stenosis: a 30-year single-centre experienceOpen Heart · 2026
2. Alternative strategies to promote voluntary blood donation in secondary schools in Malawi: Enhancing participation and impact—Malawi BLOODSAFE programTransfusion Medicine · 2026
3. Clinical pathology and laboratory medicine capacity across a sample of Malawian institutions: a cross-sectional surveyAmerican Journal of Clinical Pathology · 2025
4. An international survey of blood operator human T‐cell lymphotropic virus‐1/2 testing practicesTransfusion · 2025
5. Cardiac output measurement in Malawian children ages 2 months-12 years hospitalised with severe anaemia (COM-TRACT).2025
6. Facilitators of and barriers to blood donation among voluntary non‐remunerated blood donors in sub‐Saharan Africa: A scoping reviewVox Sanguinis · 2025
7. Exploring barriers and facilitators to blood donation in secondary schools in MalawiTransfusion Medicine · 2024
8. Use of routinely collected blood donation data for expanded HIV and Syphilis surveillance in Blantyre district, MalawiPLoS ONE · 2024
9. Ensuring a Safe and Sufficient Global Blood SupplyNew England Journal of Medicine · 2024
10. Prevalence and incidence of transfusion‐transmissible infections among blood donors in Malawi: A population‐level studyTransfusion Medicine · 2023
11. Systematic review of prevalence and risk factors of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors, and blood safety improvements in Southern AfricaTransfusion Medicine · 2023
12. Automated measurement of malaria parasitaemia among asymptomatic blood donors in Malawi using the Sysmex XN-31 analyser: could such data be used to complement national malaria surveillance in real time?Malaria Journal · 2022
13. The BLOODSAFE program: Building the future of access to safe blood in Sub‐Saharan AfricaTransfusion · 2022
14. Comparison of maternal and neonatal outcomes of COVID-19 before and after SARS-CoV-2 omicron emergence in maternity facilities in Malawi (MATSurvey): data from a national maternal surveillance platformThe Lancet Global Health · 2022
15. Meeting demand—Obstetric hemorrhage and blood availability in Malawi, a qualitative studyPLoS ONE · 2022
16. Whole blood versus red cell concentrates for children with severe anaemia: a secondary analysis of the Transfusion and Treatment of African Children (TRACT) trialThe Lancet Global Health · 2022
17. SARS-CoV-2 exposure in Malawian blood donors: an analysis of seroprevalence and variant dynamics between January 2020 and July 2021BMC Medicine · 2021
18. Evaluation of the Sysmex XN‐31 automated analyser for blood donor malaria screening at Malawi Blood Transfusion ServicesVox Sanguinis · 2021
19. Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 exposure in Malawian blood donors: a retrospective seroprevalence analysis between January 2020 and February 20212021
20. Transfusion management of severe anaemia in African children: a consensus algorithmBritish Journal of Haematology · 2021