Siraj, Nejat
Achila, Oliver Okoth http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8013-0785
Issac, John
Menghisteab, Efrem
Hailemariam, Maedn
Hagos, Semere
Gebremeskel, Yosan
Tesfamichael, Daniel
Article History
Received: 8 August 2017
Accepted: 30 May 2018
First Online: 7 June 2018
Competing interest
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Ethical clearance was obtained from Asmara College of Health Science (ACHS) Research Ethical Committee and Eritrean Ministry of Health Research Ethical Committee. Additional approval was obtained from NBTS director. The study utilized previously collected data and no participants were involved at any stage. To guarantee donor confidentiality, donors were anonymized via de-identification (through the use of codes). The process of delinking donor identities and donation units was undertaken exclusively by a data specialist from NBTS. The need to obtain consent from donors was waived by the Eritrean Ministry of Health Research Ethical Committee.
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