The risk of transfusion-transmissible viral infections in the Niger-Delta area of Nigeria

Human immunodeficiency virus infection in voluntary blood donors in North-Eastern Nigeria

“…This finding is in agreement with the study by Ejele et al(2005) in which higher prevalence of transfusion-transmissible viral infections was observed among youths. This observation is worrisome since the most productive and economically viable age group of the populations is worst hit.…”

“…The HIV infection rate in this study is however lower than 1.0% in the work of Ejele et al (2005) in Port Harcourt, South-south Nigeria; the 3.1% found by Fiekumo et al (2009) in Osogbo, South-west Nigeria; the 3.9% found by Esumeh et al (2003) in another study in Benin city, South-south Nigeria; the 5.8% in the works of Chikwem et al (1997) in Maiduguri, North-eastern Nigeria and that of Abdalla et al (2005) among Kenyan donors.…”

Seroprevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Among Blood Donors in Jos - Nigeria

“…From the study in Jos-Nigeria, it was observed that HIV infection was found among the 20-39 years age range. This finding is in agreement with the study by Ejele et al (2005) in which higher prevalence of transfusion-transmissible viral infections were observed among youths. This observation is worrisome since the most productive and economically viable age group of the populations is worst hit.…”

“…This finding is in agreement with the study by Hassan et al (2008) in Kaduna, North-western Nigeria and the work by Fasola et al (2009) This prevalence rate obtained in Jos is higher than the 0.08% found by Gupta et al (2004) in their study among Indian blood donors. It is also much higher than the 0.004% found by Bhatti et al (2007) in Karachi among Pakistani donors, and the 0.00009% found by Khan et al (2002) The HIV infection rate in this study is also higher than 1.0% in the work of Ejele et al (2005) in Port Harcourt, South-south Nigeria; the 3.1% found by Fiekumo et al (2009) in Osogbo, South-west Nigeria; the 3.9% found by Esumeh et al (2003) in another study in Benin city, South-south Nigeria; the 5.8% in the works of Chikwem et al (1997) in Maiduguri, North-eastern Nigeria and that of Abdalla et al (2005) The wide differences in the HIV infection rate among the blood donors in the different regions within Nigeria, and even those outside Nigeria may be due to the differences in geographical locations, age range of donors, sample sizes, the period of time the studies were carried out, and the different socio-cultural practices such as sexual behavior, marriage practices, circumcision, scarification, tattooing etc which take place in these regions. Access to healthcare services and the laboratory test reagent kits used may also be contributory factors.…”

Public Beliefs, Attitude and Practice of Voluntary Non-remunerated Blood Donation Among Resident in Sokoto, Nigeria

“…Of those that donated, majority donated for relatives while very few did so voluntarily. This raises concern for the availability of life saving blood in times of emergency and the fact that the safest blood donors are found among people who donate their blood voluntarily as the risk of transfusion transmissible diseases is highest with the blood procured from remunerated donors [11][12][13]. Studies in Pakistan and Peshawar also found that majority of the donors did so for families while only few donated blood voluntarily [14,15].…”