Improving Availability of Safe Blood Transfusion Services in the Republic of Mali under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

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The purpose of this announcement is to provide assistance to the National Blood Transfusion Center of Mali to ensure a safe and adequate blood supply in the Republic of Mali. Specifically, it is intended to strengthen CNTS capacity at the central and district levels to collect, process, and deliver quality safe blood and monitor quality and safety on an ongoing basis. The CNTS will work in collaboration with the PEPFAR Mali team and the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Mali to achieve program outcomes. All activities implemented under this program will follow national policies and guidelines for the delivery of blood safety interventions. The CNTS will work in collaboration with MOH and the PEPFAR Mali team to improve the breadth, scale, and quality of the blood safety program by: collecting blood at fixed donation sites; ensuring the storage and transport of blood and blood products under appropriate cold chain conditions; assuring quality laboratory screening of donated blood Transfusion Transmissible Infections (TTI), including HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and syphilis; distributing blood and blood products to health facilities; and implementing a comprehensive quality system. In addition to program implementation, CNTS should develop methods to build its technical capacity (human resource, financial, administrative, and technical as necessary). A priority activity for this agreement should be implementation of a sustainability plan. The plan should outline the specific financial and technical responsibilities and contributions of each stakeholder, with a clear timeline for transition to increased autonomy of national blood safety services.

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