Table 2.
Gap between blood drives in 2019 and 2020 in the African Region
| Countries | Number of blood drives | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | Difference | Proportion of decrease or increase (%) | |
| Algeria a | 17 | 19 | 2 | 11·8 |
| Angola | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Benin | 553 | 386 | −167 | −30·2 |
| Burkina Faso | 994 | 450 | −544 | −54·7 |
| Burundi | 638 | 643 | 5 | 0·8 |
| Cameroon | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Chad | 9 | 44 | 35 | 388·9 |
| Comoros | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Congo | 70 | 71 | 1 | 1·4 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 155 | 87 | −68 | −43·9 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 6387 | 3667 | −2720 | −42·6 |
| Eritrea | 53 | 46 | −7 | −13·2 |
| Eswatini | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Ethiopia | 889 | 1094 | 205 | 23·1 |
| Gabon | 18 | 19 | 1 | 5·6 |
| Ghana | 506 | 240 | −266 | −52·6 |
| Guinea | 25 | 11 | −14 | −56·0 |
| Kenya | 1613 | 378 | −1235 | −76·6 |
| Lesotho | 56 | 9 | −47 | −83·9 |
| Madagascar | 46 | 8 | −38 | −82·6 |
| Malawi | 893 | 629 | −264 | −29·6 |
| Mali | 57 | 43 | −14 | −24·6 |
| Mauritania | 67 | 56 | −11 | −16·4 |
| Mauritius | 925 | 759 | −166 | −17·9 |
| Mozambique | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Namibia | 1410 | 1159 | −251 | −17·8 |
| Niger | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Nigeria a | 96 | 99 | 3 | 3·1 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0·0 |
| Senegal | 129 | 72 | −57 | −44·2 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1 | −3 | −75·0 |
| South Africa | 4867 | 4279 | −588 | −12·1 |
| Togo | 44 | 24 | −20 | −45·5 |
| Uganda | 2667 | 2201 | −466 | −17·5 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 1 | 0 | −1 | −100·0 |
| Zambia | 918 | 1548 | 630 | 68·6 |
| Zimbabwe | 657 | 464 | −193 | −29·4 |
| Total | 24 467 | 18 509 | −6258 | −25·3 |
a
Data from BTS of Blida for Algeria and NBTS of Lagos State for Nigeria.