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Regular, voluntary, non‐remunerated blood donors are preferred over family/replacement donors ordonors who are paid because the latter groups have been shown to have higher HIV prevalenceworldwide. 1 All donated blood units are screened for HIV, hepatitis B and C, and syphilis. Blood unitsfound to be positive for any of these infectious agents are discarded.In this chapter, we report on the proportion and demographics of adults aged 15‐64 years in the <strong>2007</strong><strong>KAIS</strong> who reported donating blood in the past year, the source of their blood donation request andexplore blood safety issues. We also report on the frequency of injections by medical personnel andtraditional healers, and the use of safe injection equipment in clinical settings.Appendix B.9 provides sample sizes and 95% confidence intervals for estimates presented in thischapter. Throughout the chapter, the term significant indicates a chi‐square p‐value less than 0.05;marginally significant indicates a p‐value between 0.05 and 0.10, inclusive; and not significantindicates a p‐value greater than 0.10.Population estimates reported in this chapter were calculated based <strong>2007</strong> projected population byprovince, age and sex reported in Revised Population Projections for <strong>Kenya</strong> 2000‐2020. <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>National</strong>Bureau of Statistics (August 2006). Weighted national estimates for selected indicators from the <strong>2007</strong><strong>KAIS</strong> were used in these calculations. Methods used for calculating population estimates are describedin Appendix A.It is important to remind readers that as with other chapters in this report, the findings presented inthis chapter are based on univariate and bivariate analyses only. Findings should be interpretedcautiously as potential confounders which may have biased associations were not controlled for in theanalysis. In addition, the <strong>2007</strong> <strong>KAIS</strong> was based on cross‐sectional data and therefore causality cannotbe inferred.1WHO Global Database on Blood Safety: Report 2001 – 2002. Accessible at :http:\\www.who.int/bloodsafety\GDBS_Report_2001‐2002.pdf.<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 164

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