Blood transfusion
Poor handling of donated blood puts Kenyans at risk
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kenyans are facing a serious risk of getting transfused with contaminated blood due to poor storage and transportation, a new […]
Be on look out of blood infections
Reading Time: 5 minutes In June this year, Mercy Wanjiru’s children got sick at school. They had just reported a week prior. The children […]
Why I promote regular blood donation, ambassador
Reading Time: 4 minutes At just 17 years old, Aisha Dafalla donated blood for the first time in school after a talk from a […]
Government to transform blood donor authority
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Ministry of Health has kicked off a process that will see the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) transformed into […]
Stench of failed policies at Coast region’s facility
Reading Time: 2 minutes A chocking stench clogs the air at the Coast Regional Blood Transfusion Centre (CRBTC), which is adjacent to Coast Provincial […]
At Kisii centre, there are only 10 screened units
Reading Time: < 1 minute Patients who require blood transfusion in Kisii and Nyamira counties risk dying due to shortage of blood at the Kisii […]
No money for donation campaigns in Kisumu
Reading Time: 2 minutes Gradual withdrawal of The US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) funding since 2014 and failure by the government […]
Resolve blood shortage crisis to end suffering, urges lobby
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Association of Women Accountants of Kenya (Awak) has urged the government to urgently address the chronic shortage of blood […]
Full scale medical crisis as hospitals run out of blood
Reading Time: 3 minutes Patrick Mwangi, Sophie Njoka and Rebecca Wangari A full fledged crisis has taken hold across the country’s hospitals as blood banks […]
Medical mistakes a matter of life, death
Reading Time: 2 minutes The claims of a woman that she was transfused with blood contaminated with HIV at a public hospital is not […]