Global Blood Safety Network Organized by WHO Blood Transfusion Safety Programme, in collaboration with WHO AMRO/PAHO and WHO/PAHO Country Office in Brazil, with the collaboration and support of the Government of Brazil

9-10 May 2013, Costão do Santinho Resort,Florianopolis, Brazil

List of Participants African Region Cape Verde

Dr Maria Conceição Ramos Pinto Directeur Programme de Transfusion Sanguine Hospital Baptista de Sousa Mindelo, Saint Vicente

Cote d’Ivoire

Dr Séidou Konate Directeur Du Centre National De Transfusion Sanguine De Côte D'ivoire Directeur Du Projet De Renforcement Rapide Des Services De Transfusion Sanguine Abidjan Dr Justina Ansah Director National Blood Transfusion Service P.O. Box KB 78 Korle Bu

Ghana

Malawi

Mauritius

Mozambique

Nigeria

Dr Bridon M’baya Medical Director Malawi Blood Transfusion Service The O’dala Centre, Cnr Victoria Av/Leslie Road Mt Pleasant, P.O. Box 2681 Blantyre Dr Janaki Sonoo Pathologist, Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine National Blood Transfusion Service Candos, QuatreBornes Dr Valigy Ismael Valigy Chairman of the Commission Establishment of National Transfusion Service for Blood Ministry of Health of Mozambique Avenue Eduard Mandlane/Salvador Allende Maputo Professor James Banji Adewuyi Professor of Haematology Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion P.M.B. 1515 University of Ilorin Ilorin

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Senegal

South Africa

Dr Saliou Diop Director Centre National de Transfusion Sanguin Ministry of Health BP 5002 Dakar Fann Dakar Dr Charlotte Ingram Medical Director South African National Blood Service 1 Constantia Boulevard Constantia Kloof, Extension 22 Weltevreden Park Gauteng 1715 Mr Vengetassen (Ravi) Reddy Chief Operations Officer South African National Blood Service 1 Constantia Boulevard Constantia Kloof, Extension 22 Weltevreden Park Johannesburg 1715

Americas Region Argentina

Brazil

Dr Ester Mabel Maschio Coordinadora Ejecutiva del Plan Nacional de Sangre Buenos Aires, Argentina Ana Emilia del Pozo Asesora del Centro Regional de Hemoterapia y del Banco Público de Referencia Nacional de Sangre de Cordón Umbilical Hospital de Pediatría "Profesor Dr. JP Garrahan" Buenos Aires, Argentina Dr Guilherme Genovez Coordenador Secretaria de Atencao à Saude Departmento de Atencao Especializada Coordenacao Geral de Sangue e Hemoderivados Ministério de Saude Dr Geni Neumann Noceti de Lima Camara Chief of Unit National Health Surveillance Agency – Anvisa, Unit of Biovigilance and Hemovigilance SIA Trecho 5 – área Especial 57, Bolco D, 1o andar 71205-050 Brasilia/DF Dr Marcia Mitiko Otani Chefe Depto Controle de Qualidade Serologia Fundação Pró-Sangue Hemocentro de São Paulo Av. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 155 CEP 05403-000 São Paulo SP Dr Ester Cerdeira Sabino Fundação Pró-Sangue Hemocentro de São Paulo Av. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 155 CEP 05403-000 São Paulo SP

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Junia Guimarães Mourão Cioffi HEMOMINAS

Eugênia Maria Amorim Ubiali HR Ribeirão Preto

Dr Marcelo Addas Carvalho Hemocentro da Unicamp

Dr Denise Linhares Gerent HEMOSC

Dr Maria Esther Duarte Lopes HEMORIO

Canada

Chile

Colombia

Dr Marc Germain Vice-President Medical Affairs Héma-Québec 1070, Sciences-de-la-Vie Avenue Québec (Québec) G1V 5C3 Maria Cristina Cárdenas Depto. De Gestión de Procesos Clinicos Asistenciales, MINSAL Mauricio Beltran Durán Director de Redes en Salud Publica Instituto Nacional de Salud Dolores Amparo Valderama Baez Profesional de Dirección de Medicamentos Tecnologías en Salud – Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social

Dominican Republic

Sócrates Sosa Director Nacional de Bancos de Sangre del Ministerio de Salud Publica

Guyana

Nadia Liu Director, National Blood Bank

Honduras

Dr Elizabeth Vinelli Medical Director National Blood Program Honduras Red Cross 7a. Calle entre 1a. y 2da. Ave. Comayaguela, M.D.C. Angela Scott Director of National Blood Transfusion Services

Jamaica

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Mexico

Luis Enrique Gómez Salgado Subdirector de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Normatividad de la Sangre

Nicaragua

Mario Vegas Benavides Funcionario del Servicio Nacional de Sangre Cruz Roja

Trinidad and Tobago

Illeana Nordet Carrera Director of National Blood Transfusion Service Ministry of Health

Dr Bakary Drammeh Public Health Advisor Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E-04 Atlanta, GA 30333 Mr John Pitman Health Scientist Blood Safety Team, HIV Prevention Branch Global AIDS Program Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA 30333 Dr Ginette Michaud Deputy Director Office of Blood Research and Review Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) HFM-300, Room 409N 1401 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 Eastern Mediterranean Region

United States of America

Egypt

Iran

Jordan

Pakistan

Saudi Arabia

Dr Faten Moftah President of Egyptian Society of Blood Services 51, Wizarat El-Zeraa St. El Dokki, Giza Cairo Dr Mohammad Franoush Deputy Director Technical and New Technologies Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization Tehran Dr Karim Yarfas Director National Blood Bank P.O. Box 10085 Amman 11151 Dr Hasan Zaheer National Programme Manager National Blood Transfusion Programme Ministry of Health Islamabad Dr Salwa Hindawi King AbdAlaziz University PO Box 80215 University District Jeddah 21589

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South Sudan

Tunisia

Mr Michael Lasuba Lokore Director of Laboratory Service Ministry of Health P.O. Box 88 Juva Professor Kamel Boukef Laboratoire d'analyses medicales N° 105 Rue 4001 Ezzouhour III 2052 - Tunis - Tunisia

European Region Croatia

France

Germany

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Slovenia

Spain

Dr Tomislav Vuk Specialist in Transfusion Medicine Head of QC/QA in Croatian Institute of Transfusion Medicine Zagreb Dr Bernard David International Affairs Department Representative French Blood Establishment 20 avenue du Stade de France F-93218 La Plaine Saint-Denis Cedex Professor Erhard Seifried Professor of Medicine Executive Director Blood Transfusion Centre of the German RedCross Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology Sandhofstrasse 1, Frankfurt/Main Dr Giuliano Grazzini Director Italian National Blood Centre ViaGianoDella Bella N.27 Rome Dr Jean-Claude Faber médecin-spécialiste en hématologie biologique President of the International Haemovigilance Network (IHN) 8, rueSiggy vu Letzebuerg L-1933 Luxembourg Dr Martin Smid Manager, Clinical Consulting Department Sanguin Consulting Services P.O. Box 9892 1060 AN Amsterdam Dr Vesna Galvani Quality Management Department Blood Transfusion Centre of Slovenia Slajmerjavaulica 6 1000 Ljubljana Dra. Elena Maria Franco Cana Coordinadora del Programa Regional Evaluación Externa del Desempeño en Inmunohematologia de OPS/OMS

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Dr Emmanuel Rigal Médecinadjoint Service d'hématologie. Responsable de l'Unitéd'hématologietransfusionnelle HUG Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 6 Genève Dr Soraya Amar El Dusouqui MédecinAdjoint CTS Service Hématologie Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 6 Genève United Kingdom Dr Alan Kitchen Head of National Transfusion Microbiology Reference Laboratory UK NHS Blood and Transplant Colindale Avenue, Charcot Road GB-London NW9 5BG South East Asia Region Dr Mahrukh Getshen Bhutan Head of National Blood Bank and Adviser to Blood Safety Programme Ministry of Health JDW, National Referral Hospital, Thimphu Switzerland

India

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Dr Zarin Bharucha Transfusion Medicine Consultant 4/40 WadiaBaug, G D A Ambekar Road Mumbai 400033 Dr Nabajyoti Choudhury Additional Director & HOD Department of Transfusion Medicine Fortis Memorial Research Institute Sector 44, Haryana Gurgaon-122002, Delhi NCR Dr Sanjay Kumar Jadhav Assistant Director State Blood Transfusion Council 5th Floor, Ravindra Annex Building Dinshawvaccha RD Churchgate Reclamation Mumbai 400020 Dr Raj Kumar Mahto Senior Consultant Pathologist Janakpur Zonal Hospital Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services Ramshah Path Kathmandu Dr Kumudu Kuruppu In charge/Quality Management National Blood Transfusion Service 555/5, ElvitigalaMawatha, Narahenpita Colombo 5 Dr Soisaang Phikulsod Director National Blood Centre The Thai Red Cross Society Henri Dunant Road, Pathumwan Bangkok 10330

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Western Pacific Region Australia

China, People's Republic of

Hong Kong SAR, China

Japan

Malaysia

New Zealand

Associate Professor Erica Wood Transfusion Research Unit Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Monash University Alfred Hospital, 99 Commercial Road Prahran VIC 3004 Dr Praveen Pathak Transfusion Medicine Specialists Australian Red Cross Blood Service 290 Wellington Street Perth WA 6000 Dr Susan Best Director National Serology Reference Laboratory (NRL) L4 Healy Building 41 Victoria Parade Fitzroy, Victoria 3065 Professor Yong Ming Zhu President Shanghai (Red Cross) Blood Center Director, WHO Collaborating Center for Blood Transfusion Services #1191 Hong Qiao Road Shanghai 200051 Dr Che Kit Lin Chief Executive and Medical Director Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service 15 King's Park Rise, Yaumatei Kowloon Dr Junya Kasamatsu Deputy Director Division of Blood and Blood Products Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 1-2-2 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda Tokyo 100-8916 Dr Masahiro Satake Central Blood Institute Japanese Red Cross Blood Service Headquarters Tatsumi 2-1-67, Koutou-ku Tokyo 135-8521 Dr. Roshida Hassan Director National Blood Centre Kuala Lumpur Dr Yasmin Ayob Consultant Haematologist 7 Jalan PinggiranPutra 1/1 DesaPinggiran PutraKajang, Selangor Kuala Lumpur 43000 Dr Peter Flanagan Medical Director New Zealand Blood Service Private Bag 92071 Victoria Street West Auckland 1142

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Dr. Myung Han Kim Director, Safety Bureau Blood Service Headquarters Korean Red Cross Seoul Dr Diana Lay Tin Teo Singapore Senior Director Blood Service Group Health Sciences Authority 11 Outram Road, HAS Building Singapore 169078 Collaborating Organizations Republic of Korea

African Society of Blood Transfusion (AfSBT)

Asia Pacific Blood Network (APBN)

Arab Society of Blood Transfusion Services (ASBTS) International Council for Commonality in Blood Banking Automation (ICCBBA) International Haemovigilance Network (IHN)

International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT)

Dr Bridon M’baya President of AfSBT Blantyre Malawi Dr Jean-Baptiste Tapko President-Elect of AfSBT Africa Society for Blood Transfusion BP 12913 Yaoundé Cameroon Dr Che Kit Lin Chief Executive and Medical Director Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service 15 King’s Park Rise, Yaumatei Kowloon Hong Kong SAR Dr KarimYarfas Director National Blood Bank P.O. Box 10085 Amman 11151 Jordan Mr Paul Ashford Executive Director International Council for Commonality in Blood Banking Automation PO Box 11309, San Bernardino CA 92423-1309, USA Dr Jean-Claude Faber médecin-spécialiste en hématologie biologique President of the International Haemovigilance Network (IHN) 8, rueSiggy vu Letzebuerg L-1933 Luxembourg Dr Peter Flanagan President ISBT Medical Director New Zealand Blood Service Private Bag 92071 Victoria Street West Auckland 1142, New Zealand

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South Asian Association of Transfusion Medicine (SAATM)

Thalassaemia International Foundation (TIF) WFH

Secretariat WHO-HQ Geneva, Switzerland

WHO-AFRO

Dr AnandaGunasekera President South Asian Association of Transfusion Medicine (SAATM) 385, BaddegamaWimalawansaMawatha, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka Dr NabajyotiChoudhury Secretary-General South Asian Association of Transfusion Medicine Tata Medical Centre 14 MAR (EW), New Town, Rajarhat Kolkata 700135, India Mr Riyad Elbarb Past - President Thalassemia Foundation of Canada 807-35 Empress Ave. Toronto, ON M2N 6T3 Dr Margareth Ozelo WFH Executive Committee Member Director of the IHTC "Cláudio L. P. Corrêa" Hemocentro UNICAMP - University of Campinas Rua Carlos Chagas, 480 Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz Campinas, SP BRAZIL Dr Neelam Dhingra (Organizing Secretary) Coordinator Blood Transfusion Safety Department for Health Systems Policies and Workforce Dr Noryati Abu Amin Medical Officer Blood Transfusion Safety Department for Health Systems Policies and Workforce Mr Junping Yu Technical Officer Blood Transfusion Safety Department for Health Systems Policies and Workforce Dr Yetmgeta Abdella Technical Officer Blood Transfusion Safety Department for Health Systems Policies and Workforce Ms Janice Fordham Open learning consultant 26 Oriental Place East Sussex GB-Brighton BN1 2LL, UK Dr Andre Loua Regional Adviser Blood Safety, Laboratories and Health Technology WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) Brazzaville, Congo

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WHOAMRO/PAHO

Dr Paul Mainuka Medical Officer, Blood Safety World Health Organization P.O. Box 3069 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Dr María Dolores Pérez-Rosales Regional Advisor Blood Services and Organ Transplants Medicines and Health Technologies, Area of Health Systems based on PHC (HSS) Ms Danila Augusta AcciolyVarella Barca Consultora OPAS Unidade Técnica Medicamentos, Tecnologias e Pesquisa emSaúde OPAS/OMS Setor de Embaixadas Norte, lote 19 70800-400 - Brasília - DF

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