AEGiS-10IAC: The effect of counseling on HIV prevalence among blood donors at Nakasero Blood Bank (NBB).

10th International AIDS Conference


Yokohama, Japan — Aug 7-12, 1994

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The effect of counseling on HIV prevalence among blood donors at Nakasero Blood Bank (NBB).

Int Conf AIDS 1994 Aug 7-12; 10:390 (abstract no. PD0740)
Opollo MS, Aciro B, Kyeyune D; Nakasero Blood Bank, Kampala, Uganda.

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the role of counseling.

METHODS: Volunteers coming to donate blood were precounselled, which included interviewing and physical observation for health and to avoid Window period and seropositivity. In two and a half years, a total of 3608 qualifiers were bled & tested for HIV Antibodies. They catagorized into New (ND) and Regular (RD) donors. Post-donation counseling was availed to all.

RESULTS: TABULAR DATA, SEE ABSTRACT VOLUME.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: 1. Counseling as AIDS education is fighting rate of Seroconversion. 2. Counseling does identify and retain more donors of safe blood.

Keywords: AEGIS, Blood Banks, HIV, Blood Donors, Prevalence, Counseling, HIV Antibodies, HIV Infections, HIV Seropositivity, HIV Seroprevalence, HIV Seronegativity, epidemiology, blood, immunology, ICA10KWDaegis,bloodbanks,hiv,blooddonors,prevalence,counseling,hivantibodies,hivinfections,hivseropositivity,hivseroprevalence,hivseronegativity,epidemiology,blood,immunology,ica10
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