Tanzania: Country Focuses On Blood Safety to Fight Aids

Nairobi — TANZANIA has opened a $1.8 million National Blood Transfusion Centre in Dar es Salaam to assure the safety of blood and its availability to recipients.

Dr Stefan Wiktor, director of the US-based Centre for Diseases Control, said the centre would ensure blood safety in the light of the high prevalence of HIV/Aids in the country.

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