Safe Blood in Developing Countries - The Lessons from Uganda (EC, 1995, 151 p.): Section One - Introduction and summary: Chapter One - Safe blood and HIV/AIDS: The Uganda achievement

Safe Blood in Developing Countries - The Lessons from Uganda (EC, 1995, 151 p.)

Section One - Introduction and summary

Chapter One - Safe blood and HIV/AIDS: The Uganda achievement

		(introduction...)
		The tragedy of the haemophiliacs
		Infections carried by blood
		The unique features of Africa
		The global blood safety initiative
		The Uganda blood transfusion service: A portrait
		The wider contribution of the UBTS
		The view from an up-country hospital
		The matter of costs
		The dynamics of the project
		A complex organisation
		A view from Mulago hospital, Kampala
		Four questions about AID
		The first visit for the EC
		Dr John Watson-Williams enters the scene