Factors for viral infection in blood donors of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The Pan African Medical Journal

Philippe Donnen¹  Jef Van den Ende²  Jeff Maotela Kabinda²  Dramaix-Wilmet Michele³  Serge Ahuka Miyanga⁴ 

[1] Free University of Brussels;Provincial Blood Transfusion Centre of Bukavu. Democratic Republic of Congo;Research Centre for Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Brussels, Belgium;Brussels, Belgium;

关键词: blood donation;    transfusion;    hiv prevalence;    hepatitis b;    hepatitis c;   

DOI  :  10.11604/pamj.2014.19.385.4328

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

INTRODUCTION: assessing the knowledge, attitudes, practices and behaviors among blood donors in South Kivu and identify risk factors for viral markers. METHODS: a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study involved 595 blood donors in the city of Bukavu (Head city of the province of South Kivu) in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. RESULTS: our sample consisted of 70.3 % men with a median age of 23 and 77% of young people fewer than 30 years. The score of knowledge and attitude of blood donor's volunteer on blood safety were assessed at 23.5% and 79.1 %. A statistically significant difference was observed between the loyal and new blood donors volunteer (25.1% vs 64.6% p = 0.001); between blood donors volunteer of low and high education level (p = 0.04 ). Motivation to donate blood in 95.9% of cases respect ethical rules of donation. The prevalence of viral markers in blood donors is as follows: 4.8% hepatitis B, 3.9% hepatitis C, 1.6% HIV. For HIV, the low level of education and replacement blood donors are most at risk , the antigen of hepatitis B is observed in blood donors over 30 years , blood donors living couple. CONCLUSION: general knowledge on blood safety is very low in the first link in the chain transfusion (blood donors). A good education of this population conducted by the transfusion service reinforced building (training and support) is needed.

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