Project M: Transfusion Medicine related Health Sciences

Department of Transfusion Medicine, Academic Institute for International Development of Transfusion Medicine (IDTM)
Coordinator: Prof CT Smit Sibinga MD PhD FRCP Edin FRCPath

The Academic Institute IDTM was created in 2001 as an initiative of WHO, Geneva.

The mission of the institute is:
“to provide institutionalized education, expertise and services at academic level in the field of transfusion medicine to countries with restricted economy, directed to the development of safe, efficacious and sustainable blood supply systems, based on the principles of the World Health Organization (WHO)”.

The objectives are:
to provide modular postgraduate academic training programmes (MMTM) on transfusion medicine for restricted economy countries.to support restricted economy countries in developing safe, efficacious and sustainable blood supply systems to develop research programmes for transfusion medicine related health sciences.to serve as a reference organisation to WHO, World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) and International Consortium for Blood Safety (ICBS).

 The research programmes focus on Transfusion Medicine related Health Sciences –
1. Estimating national needs for blood;
2. Cost calculation models in transfusion medicine;
3. Key elements of infrastructure to allow safe and sustainable blood supply systems
4. Logistics of demand and supply in transfusion medicine; regular and special conditions
5. Key elements of infrastructure to allow safe and sustainable hospital transfusion practices.
6. Implementation of guidelines and standards; factors that determine sustained effect on current practices (both in procurement and clinical use).
7. Cost effectiveness of introduction of advanced TTI marker technology in developing countries.

The two weeks will be spend on the design of a research project, to be chosen from one of the above themes.