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Kenya’s ‘blood desert’: can walking donor banks and drones help more patients survive?

Summary by The Guardian
The national blood deficit is most pressing in places like Turkana, where malaria, anaemia and violence make heavy demands on transfusion services – and doctors are pinning their hopes on innovationIn his small cubicle in Lodwar County referral hospital in north-west Kenya, Edward Mutebi, the technician in charge of the hospital’s blood bank, greets a nurse from the maternity ward. “We want more blood,” the nurse says. “The previous allocation w…
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The Guardian broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Friday, April 19, 2024.
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