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close this bookSafe Blood in Developing Countries - The Lessons from Uganda (EC, 1995, 151 p.)
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View the documentForeword by the Uganda Minister of Health
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View the documentSome facts about Uganda
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Open this folder and view contentsSection Two - Background: Uganda's history, health, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic
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Open this folder and view contentsSection Four - Evaluation: The view from Kampala
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Quotation

'The blood donor [in Africa] is a member of a society with a constant exposure to many infections and with an economy that makes the gift of blood a most generous gesture. It must be regarded as very scarce.' - from an EC report on safe blood in Uganda