The prevalence of HIV among blood donors at Juba Teaching Hospital Blood Bank, South Sudan

• Main Authors: Kenneth L L Sube, Oromo F Seriano, Rose P Gore, Salvador Jaja, Richard L Loro, Emmanuel O Lino, Opiaka A Seriano, Samuel N Wani, Loboro J Alex, Kwoji R Jack[, Isaac W Abraham
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: South Sudan Doctors' Association 2014-11-01
• Series: South Sudan Medical Journal
• Online Access: http://www.southsudanmedicaljournal.com/archive/november-2014/the-prevalence-of-hiv-among-blood-donors-at-juba-teaching-hospital-blood-bank-south-sudan.html
• ISSN: 2309-4605; 2309-4613

Objectives The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of HIV among blood donors in Juba Teaching Hospital Blood Bank, South Sudan in 2013. Method and Materials This is a retrospective study that involved the abstraction of data from registers at the blood bank. Data were collected onto data sheets and entered into a computer database. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS Version 20 Software. A p value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results Out of 1095 blood donors, 1074 (98.1%) were males and 21 (1.9%) were females. The mean age and the range for the whole group was 29+7.16 (15-69) yrs. The prevalence of HIV was higher among males than females 85 (7.9%) vs 1 (4.8%) respectively but this was not statistical significant (p=0.6). The 20 to 29 year age group had the highest prevalence of 49 (57%) with no statistical significance (p=0.3).The prevalence of HIV was 7.0 % (86) and there were co-infections between HIV and HBV, HCV and syphilis of 14 (50%), 5 (18%), 9 (32%) with p=0.7, p=0.1, p=0.8 respectively. Blood group O positive had the highest percentage 58.1 % (n=50) and was the commonest group. Conclusion In this study, HIV prevalence is very high among blood donors at the Juba Teaching Hospital blood bank.