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Table 3.

Gap between blood demand and issued for transfusion in 2019 and 2020 in the African Region

Countries	Number of blood units demand				Number of blood units issued/transfused
Countries	2019	2020	Difference	%	2019		2020		Difference		%
Algeria*	18 434	15 647	−2787	−15·1	10 337		8 186		−2151		−20·8
Angola	129 796		99 616		−30 180	−23·3		‐		‐	‐	‐
Benin	42 418	43 520	1102	2·6	31 769		36 926		5157		16·2
Burkina Faso	47 571	30 473	−17 098	−35·9	38 019		37 501		−518		−1·4
Burundi	‐	‐	‐	‐	30 836		33 123		2287		7·4
Cameroon	‐	‐	‐	‐	43 128		27 692		−15436		−35·8
Chad	5350	5755	405	7·6	6832		9500		2668		39·1
Comoros	‐	‐	‐	‐	1010		805		−205		−20·3
Congo	‐	‐	‐	‐	20 330		26 264		5934		29·2
Côte d'Ivoire	‐	‐	‐	‐	73 262		58 123		−15139		−20·7
Democratic Republic of Congo	237 218	141 677	−95 541	−40·3	237 218		141 677		−95541		−40·3
Eritrea	5740	6526	786	13·7	4511		4490		−21		−0·5
Eswatini	6343	3543	−2800	−44·1	5887		3543		−2344		−39·8
Ethiopia	‐	‐	‐	‐	123 581		109 773		−13808		−11·2
Gabon	9483	10 483	1000	10·5	9194		7795		−1399		−15·2
Ghana	28 698	27 014	−1684	−5·9	30 480		23 276		−7204		−23·6
Guinea	5 145	4 617	−528	−10·3	5120		5379		259		5·1
Kenya	127 182	93 637	−33 545	−26·4	57 936		30 943		−26993		−46·6
Lesotho	3924	3457	−467	−11·9	2784		2244		−540		−19·4
Madagascar	‐	‐	‐	‐	24 395		17 988		−6407		−26·3
Malawi	42 207	40 762	−1 445	−3·4	28 079		23 276		−4803		−17·1
Mali	‐	‐	‐	‐	13 011		12 177		−834		−6·4
Mauritania	13 552	14 108	556	4·1	9 130		9 560		430		4·7
Mauritius	50 943	46 052	−4891	−9·6	38 384		33 856		−4528		−11·8
Mozambique	63 301	63 768	467	0·7	60 309		61 330		1021		1·7
Namibia	−	−	−	−	15 657		15 354		−303		−1·9
Niger	16 578	15 110	−1468	−8·9	7266		6948		−318		−4·4
Nigeria ^a	6230	3610	−2620	−42·1	6230		3610		−2620		−42·1
Sao Tome and Principe	517	440	−77	−14·9	514		439		−75		−14·6
Senegal	17 659	13 606	−4053	−23·0	17 659		13 606		−4053		−23·0
Seychelles	2770	894	−1876	−67·7	−		−		−		−
South Africa	448 529	438 985	−9544	−2·1	448 529		438 985		−9544		−2·1
Togo	26 070	24 331	−1739	−6·7	20 046		20 360		314		1·6
Uganda	164 365	164 230	−135	−0·1	106 809		105 841		−968		−0·9
United Republic of Tanzania	−	−	−	−	105 953		78 012		−27941		−26·4
Zambia	116 452	120 270	3818	3·3	47 631		53 499		5868		12·3
Zimbabwe	46 870	38 957	−7913	−16·9	36 758		27 630		−9128		−24·8
Total	1 683 345	1 471 088	−212 257	−12·6	1 718 594		1 489 711		−228883		−13·3

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Data from BTS of Blida for Algeria and NBTS of Lagos State for Nigeria.