| voluntary blood donor recruitment: a strategy to reduce transmission of hiv-1, hepatitis-b and syphilis in kinshasa, zaïre. | we evaluated the use of voluntary blood donor recruitment in kinshasa, zaïre, as a means of reducing transmission of hiv-1 and other infectious agents by blood transfusion. between january 1, 1989, and april 7, 1989, 2,237 blood donors were enrolled in the study at the transfusion centre of the mama yemo hospital. each donor was tested for antibodies to hiv-1 confirmed by ifa and western blot, treponema pallidum, antibodies to hepatitis b virus (hbv) core antigen and screened for the presence of ... | 1990 | 2210866 |
| challenge of managing sickle cell disease in a pediatric population living in kinshasa, democratic republic of congo: a sickle cell center experience. | in the democratic republic of congo (drc), sickle cell disease is not yet really regarded as a health care priority. the patterns of sickle cell disease in patients living in kinshasa, drc are discussed and the difficulties encountered in their management are highlighted. the cross-sectional survey is of sickle cell patients and their families attending the centre de médecine mixte et d'anémie ss de yolo (cmmass), kinshasa, drc, between january and april 2009. completed questionnaires were recei ... | 2014 | 24669956 |