Projects granted 2008 - 2009
For the period 2008 – 2009 the Foundation has granted the following
projects:
Project granted 2007 - 2008- Characterisation of occult hepatitis B infection (OBI)
Initiative of Professor J-P Allain (United Kingdom)
granted with € 50,000.–
- 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.–
- Determination of parasitemia levels in blood donors with T. Cruzi antibodies
Initiative of Dr. Emma Castro Izaguirre (Spain)
granted with € 15,000.–
- Cytoadherence in Pediatric Malaria (CPM) Study
Initiative of Dr. Christine M. Cserti-Gazdewich (Canada)
granted with € 49,980.–
- 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.–
- Improving the World Blood Donor Day website
Initiative of Mr. Niels Mikkelsen (Denmark)
granted with € 12,000.–
- Postgraduate Diploma in Transfusion Medicine - second year of first student intake
Initiative of Dr. Teresa Nel (South Africa)
granted with € 50,000.–
Project granted 2009 - 2010