Regional

This Regional section features news from three regions: Western Pacific, North America and Africa. The articles were invited by the Regional Directors: Shirley Owusu Ofori (Africa), Katerina Pavenski (North America) and Denese Marks (Western Pacific).

The impact of malaria vaccine in global blood supply in malaria-endemic regions

Beukou Fonkou Steve

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How Canadian Blood Services is providing specialized blood products to highly refractory platelet transfusion patients

Akash Gupta

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Functional assessment of alternatively stored platelet components

Christopher Roan and Lacey Johnson

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The immune characteristics and function of platelets are affected by storage conditions

Ben Winskel-Wood and Lacey Johnson

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The 3rd “Shining Red” National Conference on Outstanding Deeds of Unpaid Blood Donors Held in Zhengzhou China

Chunhong Liu and Dan Liu

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Questions or suggestions?

If you have any news from these regions that you would like to publish in this section, contact academy@isbtweb.org.

For our April issue, we are featuring articles from the Eastern Mediterranean, Western Pacific and South East Asia.

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