Looking at the situation of the worldwide blood and blood products availability

Pedro Sánchez Frenes; Nereida Rojo Pérez; Luis Enrique Pérez Ulloa; Sara Hernández Malpica

2017, Number 3

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Revista Cubana de Salud Pública 2017; 43 (3)

Looking at the situation of the worldwide blood and blood products availability

Sánchez FP, Rojo PN, Pérez ULE, Hernández MS

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ABSTRACT

Blood transfusion and blood products are a proven effective therapeutic method when they are timely used in specific medical situations, hence their safe and universal access is an essential service within health coverage. A review of documentary sources was made to find out the current availability of these biological products in various regions of the world and in Cuba, which is the objective of this paper. It was proven that the developed countries, with wellstructured health systems and transfusion services based on voluntary blood donation, generally have better availability to meet their transfusion needs than the developing countries. Although Cuba has attained the main targets recommended by the World Health Organization for the national blood transfusion programs, it faces significant threats that could endanger the continuity of these achievements.

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