Global Forum for Blood Safety 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 6-8 May 2013, Costão do Santinho Resort,Florianopolis, Brazil

List of Participants African Region

Angola Dr Eunice Cassinda Pereira Manico Centro Nacional de Sangue Rua do I Congresso - Anexo ao Hospital Josina Machel Luanda 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 Ghana Dr Justina Ansah Director National Blood Transfusion Service P.O. Box KB 78 Korle Bu Malawi 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 Mauritius Dr Janaki Sonoo Pathologist, Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine National Blood Transfusion Service Candos, QuatreBornes Mozambique 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

1 Nigeria Professor James Banji Adewuyi Professor of Haematology Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion P.M.B. 1515 University of Ilorin Ilorin Senegal Dr Saliou Diop Director Centre National de Transfusion Sanguin Ministry of Health BP 5002 Dakar Fann Dakar South Africa 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 Uganda Dr Dorothy Kyeyune-Byabazaire Director Uganda Blood Transfusion Service P.O.BOX 1772 Kampala Americas Region Argentina 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 Bahamas Dr. Everett Miller Blood Bank Supervisor Princess Margaret Hospital Belize Joy Robateu Safety Officer Central Medical Laboratory Bolivia Maria del Carmen Garcia de Luna Orosco Coordinadora General, Programa Nacional de Sangre, Ministerio de Salud

2 Brazil 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 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 João Paulo Baccara Araujo National Health Surveillance Agency –Anvisa SIA Trecho 5 – área Especial 57, Bolco D, 1o andar 71205-050 Brasilia/DF

Dr Marcia Otani Chefe Depto Controle de Qualidade Serologia Fundação Pró-Sangue Hemocentro de São Paulo Av. Enéas de CarvalhoAguiar, 155 CEP 05403-000 São Paulo SP Dr Ester Cerdeira Sabino Fundação Pró-Sangue Hemocentro de São Paulo Av. Enéas de CarvalhoAguiar, 155 CEP 05403-000 São Paulo SP Dr Antonio Gomes Pinto Ferreira Bio-manguinhos / FIOCRUZ

Dr Marcelo Addas Carvalho Hemocentro da Unicamp

Canada Dr Marc Germain Vice-President Medical Affairs Héma-Québec 1070, Sciences-de-la-Vie Avenue Québec (Québec) G1V 5C3 Chile Maria Cristina Cárdenas Depto. De Gestión de Procesos Clinicos Asistenciales, MINSAL Colombia 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

Costa Rica Dr. Gerardo Solano Elizondo Ministry of Health www.ministeriodesalud.go.cr

3 Cuba Luis Enrique Pérez Ulloa Chief, National Program of Blood Ministry of Health Dominican Sócrates Sosa Republic Director Nacional de Bancos de Sangre del Ministerio de Salud Publica

ECC-Grenada Everlyn Marth Peters Medical Technologies Ministry of Health ECC-St. Kitts Candace Gumbs and Nevis Laboratory Manager

ECC-St. Lucia Veronica Lee Ministry of Health Saint Lucia, West Indies

ECC-St. Vincent Kamarla Questelles Technologist, Ministry of Health St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ecuador Flor Elizabeth Barona Responsible for the National Blood Program Ministry of Health El Salvador Neyde Lissette Madrid Castillo Coordinadora de la Red Nacional de Bancos de Sangre, ISP

Guatemala Lic. Claudia Garcia Coordinadora del Programa Nacional de Medicina Transfusional y Bancos de Sangre Ministerio de Salud

Guyana Nadia Liu Director, National Blood Bank

Haiti Ernst Noel Director of the National Blood Safety Program Ministry of Public Health and Population

Honduras Dr Elizabeth Vinelli Medical Director National Blood Program Honduras Red Cross 7a. Calle entre 1a. y 2da. Ave. Comayaguela, M.D.C. Adela Zelaya Jefe Programa Nacional Secretaria de Estado en el Despacho de Salud Jamaica Angela Scott Director of National Blood Transfusion Services Mexico Luis Enrique Gómez Salgado Subdirector de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Normatividad de la Sangre

4 Nicaragua Mario Vegas Benavides Funcionario del Servicio Nacional de Sangre Cruz Roja Panama Esmeralda Tuy de Lam Coordinadora del Programa de Donación Voluntaria de Sangre del MINSA, MSA Paraguay Carolina Molas Directora del Programa Nacional de Sangre Peru Nancy Loayza Urcia Profesional del Hospital Dos de Mayo Suriname Maria Tjon a Loi Medical Director National Blood Bank

Trinidad and Illeana Nordet Carrera Director of National Blood Transfusion Service Tobago Ministry of Health United States Dr Bakary Drammeh of America 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 Uruguay Dr. Jorge Bove Sub Director Hospital de San Jose Eastern Mediterranean Region Egypt Dr Faten Moftah President of Egyptian Society of Blood Services 51, Wizarat El-Zeraa St. El Dokki, Giza Cairo Iran Dr Mohammad Franoush Deputy Director Technical and New Technologies Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization Tehran

5 Jordan Dr Karim Yarfas Director National Blood Bank P.O. Box 10085 Amman 11151 Pakistan Dr Hasan Zaheer National Programme Manager National Blood Transfusion Programme Ministry of Health Islamabad Saudi Arabia Dr Salwa Hindawi King AbdAlaziz University PO Box 80215 University District Jeddah 21589 South Sudan Mr Michael Lasuba Lokore Director of Laboratory Service Ministry of Health P.O. Box 88 Juva Tunisia Professor Kamel Boukef Laboratoire d'analyses medicales N° 105 Rue 4001 Ezzouhour III 2052 - Tunis - Tunisia European Region Croatia Dr Tomislav Vuk Specialist in Transfusion Medicine Head of QC/QA in Croatian Institute of Transfusion Medicine Zagreb France Dr Bernard David International Affairs Department Representative French Blood Establishment 20 avenue du Stade de France F-93218 La Plaine Saint-Denis Cedex Germany 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 Italy Dr Giuliano Grazzini Director Italian National Blood Centre ViaGianoDella Bella N.27 Rome Luxembourg Dr Jean-Claude Faber médecin-spécialiste en hématologie biologique President of the International Haemovigilance Network (IHN) 8, rueSiggy vu Letzebuerg L-1933 Luxembourg

6 Netherlands Dr Martin Smid Manager, Clinical Consulting Department Sanguin Consulting Services P.O. Box 9892 1060 AN Amsterdam Slovenia Dr Vesna Galvani Quality Management Department Blood Transfusion Centre of Slovenia Slajmerjavaulica 6 1000 Ljubljana Spain Dra. Elena Maria Franco Cana Coordinadora del Programa Regional Evaluación Externa del Desempeño en Inmunohematologia de OPS/OMS

Switzerland Dr Rudolf Schwabe Chief Executive Officer Transfusion SRC Switzerland Laupenstrasse 37 CH-3001 Berne 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 Turkey Dr Nigar Ertugrul Blood Bank Manager Diskapi Yilidirim Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital Ministry of Health IrfanBasbug Cad, Aydinlikevler 06010 Ankara 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 Asian Region Bangladesh Dr Md. Aminul Hasan Deputy Programme Manager Hospital Services Management Unit Directorate General of Health Services 4th Floor, DGHS Bldg., Mohakhali Dhaka-1212 Bhutan Dr Mahrukh Getshen Head of National Blood Bank and Adviser to Blood Safety Programme Ministry of Health JDW, National Referral Hospital, Thimphu

7 India 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 Nepal Dr Raj Kumar Mahto Senior Consultant Pathologist Janakpur Zonal Hospital Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services Ramshah Path Kathmandu Sri Lanka Dr Kumudu Kuruppu In charge/Quality Management National Blood Transfusion Service 555/5, ElvitigalaMawatha, Narahenpita Colombo 5 Thailand Dr Soisaang Phikulsod Director National Blood Centre The Henri Dunant Road, Pathumwan Bangkok 10330 Western Pacific Region Australia 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 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

8 , People's Professor Yong Ming Zhu Republic of President Shanghai (Red Cross) Blood Center Director, WHO Collaborating Center for Blood Transfusion Services #1191 Hong Qiao Road Shanghai 200051 SAR, Dr Che Kit Lin China Chief Executive and Medical Director Blood Transfusion Service 15 King's Park Rise, Yaumatei Kowloon Japan 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 Malaysia 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 New Zealand Dr Peter Flanagan Medical Director New Zealand Blood Service Private Bag 92071 Victoria Street West Auckland 1142 Republic of Dr. Myung Han Kim Korea Director, Safety Bureau Blood Service Headquarters Singapore Dr Diana Lay Tin Teo Senior Director Blood Service Group Health Sciences Authority 11 Outram Road, HAS Building Singapore 169078 Collaborating Organizations African Society Dr Bridon M’baya of Blood President of AfSBT Transfusion Blantyre (AfSBT) Malawi

9 Dr Jean-Baptiste Tapko President-Elect of AfSBT Africa Society for Blood Transfusion BP 12913 Yaoundé Cameroon Asia Pacific Dr Che Kit Lin Blood Network Chief Executive and Medical Director (APBN) Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service 15 King’s Park Rise, Yaumatei Kowloon Hong Kong SAR Arab Society of Dr KarimYarfas Blood Director Transfusion National Blood Bank Services P.O. Box 10085 (ASBTS) Amman 11151 Jordan Grupo Oscar Walter Torres Cooperativo Presidente Iberoamericano Buenos Aires, de Medicina Argentina Transfusional (GCIAMT) International Dr Sheila Koettker Silveira Federation of FIGO Representative Obstetric and Federação Brasileira das Associações de Gynaecology Ginecologia e Obstetricia (FEBRASGO) (FIGO) Ave. Robera de A. Ramos 1872/801 Florianopolis, Brazil International Mr Paul Ashford Council for Executive Director Commonality in International Council for Commonality in Blood Blood Banking Banking Automation Automation PO Box 11309, San Bernardino (ICCBBA ) CA 92423 -1309 , USA International Dr Jean-Claude Faber Haemovigilance médecin-spécialiste en hématologie biologique Network (IHN) President of the International Haemovigilance Network (IHN) 8, rueSiggy vu Letzebuerg L-1933 Luxembourg International Dr Rudolf Schwabe Federation of Chief Executive Officer Red Cross and Transfusion SRC Switzerland Red Crescent Laupenstrasse 37 Societies/ Global CH-3001 Berne, Switzerland Advisory Panel (IFRC/GAP)

International Dr Peter Flanagan Society of Blood President ISBT Transfusion Medical Director (ISBT) New Zealand Blood Service Private Bag 92071 Victoria Street West Auckland 1142, New Zealand

10 MSBM Mr Axel O. Hofmann Consultant Medical Society for Blood Management Bahnstrasse 42 A-2824 Seebenstein, Austria South Asian Dr AnandaGunasekera Association of President Transfusion South Asian Association of Transfusion Medicine Medicine (SAATM) (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 SABM Dr Aryeh Shander Society for the Advancement of Blood Management, and Chief, Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Pain Management and Hyperbaric Medicine Englewood Hospital and Medical Center 350 Engle Street, Englewood, USA Safe Blood for Dr PJK Zacharias Africa Chief Operations Officer Foundation Safe Blood for Africa Foundation (SBAF) 4 de la Rey Road, Rivonia, 2128 PO Box 783902, Sandton 2164 South Africa Thalassaemia Mr Riyad Elbarb International Past - President Foundation Thalassemia Foundation of Canada (TIF) 807-35 Empress Ave. Toronto, ON M2N 6T3 Turkish Blood Dr Nusret Nuri Solaz Banks & Turkish Blood Banks & Transfusion Society Transfusion Kumbaracilar CikmaziBirlik Apt. B Society (TBBTS) Blok No: 16/24 FeneryoluKadıköy Istanbul, Turkey Secretariat WHO-HQ Dr Neelam Dhingra (Organizing Secretary) Geneva, Coordinator Switzerland 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 11 Dr Yetmgeta Abdella Technical Officer Blood Transfusion Safety Department for Health Systems Policies and Workforce Dr Luc Noel Patient Safety Special Adviser Initiative for Medical Products of Human Origin Patient Safety Programme Ms Janice Fordham Open learning consultant 26 Oriental Place East Sussex GB -Brighton BN1 2LL , UK WHO-AFRO Dr Andre Loua Regional Adviser Blood Safety, Laboratories and Health Technology WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) Brazzaville, Congo Dr Paul Mainuka Medical Officer, Blood Safety World Health Organization P.O. Box 3069 Addis Ababa Ethiopia WHO- Dr María Dolores Pérez-Rosales AMRO/PAHO Regional Advisor Blood Services and Organ Transplants Medicines and Health Technologies, Area of Health Systems based on PHC (HSS) Dr Christoph Rerat Coordenador Unidade Técnica de Medicamentos, Tecnologia e Pesquisa Setor de Embaixadas Norte, Lote 19 70800-400 Brasília, DF, Brazil 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 Dr Chaibou Salaou, Technical Officer, Blood Safety WHO/PAHO Country office, Haiti

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