Special report: Summary of the first meeting of African Blood and Marrow Transplantation (AfBMT) group, Casablanca, Morocco, April 19–21, 2018 held under the auspices of the Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (WBMT)
2019; Elsevier BV; Volume: 13; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/j.hemonc.2019.05.003
ISSN1658-3876
AutoresMhamed Harif, Daniel Weisdorf, Nicolás Novitzky, Jeff Szer, Lahoucine Mahmal, Malek Benakli, Tarek Ben Othman, Nosakhare Bazuaye, Eoin McGrath, Paul W. Eldridge, Lamia Torjemane, Abdellah Madani, R Ahmed Nacer, Reguia Belkhedim, Walid Rasheed, Syed Osman Ahmed, Yoshihisa Kodera, Mahmoud Aljurf, Dietger Niederwieser, Asmâa Quessar,
Tópico(s)Global Health and Surgery
ResumoThe first meeting of the African Blood and Marrow Transplantation (AfBMT) was held in Casablanca from April 19, 2018 to April 21, 2018, with the aim of fostering hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) activity in Africa. Out of the 54 African countries, HSCT is available only in six (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tunisia). During this meeting, African teams and international experts from the Worldwide Network for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (WBMT) gathered to share their experience and discussed ways to help fill the gap. Nurses and patients held their meeting in parallel. International support and collaboration can help by providing expertise adapted to local resources and regional population needs. Local engagement including government and private participants are necessary to initiate and develop local HSCT capability.
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