Projects granted 2008 - 2009

For the period 2008 – 2009 the Foundation has granted the following projects:
  1. Characterisation of occult hepatitis B infection (OBI)
    Initiative of Professor J-P Allain (United Kingdom)
    granted with € 50,000.–
     
  2. Dengue Virus as a potential threat to the safety of the blood supply in Brazil
    Initiative of Dr. Anton Andonov (Canada)
    granted with € 31,000.–
     
  3. Determination of parasitemia levels in blood donors with T. Cruzi antibodies
    Initiative of Dr. Emma Castro Izaguirre (Spain)
    granted with € 15,000.–
     
  4. Cytoadherence in Pediatric Malaria (CPM) Study
    Initiative of Dr. Christine M. Cserti-Gazdewich (Canada)
    granted with € 49,980.–
     
  5. Determination of the incidence rate of dengue virus infection among repeat blood donors
    Initiative of Dr. Orlando C. Ferreira Jr. (Brazil)
    granted with € 49,954.–
     
  6. Improving the World Blood Donor Day website
    Initiative of Mr. Niels Mikkelsen (Denmark)
    granted with € 12,000.–
     
  7. Postgraduate Diploma in Transfusion Medicine - second year of first student intake
    Initiative of Dr. Teresa Nel (South Africa)
    granted with € 50,000.–
Project granted 2007 - 2008
Project granted 2009 - 2010