ABSTRACT
Objective To understand the basic situation of blood donors and their anti-HIV antibody screening in a hospital of Madagascar during 2008- 2009 in order to provide the reference information for giving better medical aid and promoting the devel-opment of the clinical transfusion in Madagascar.Methods The blood doner′s personal informations were understood by inquiry and the anti-HIV antibody was detected by the rapid testing,the results were recorded,the constituent ratio of the data was calcu-lated and the chi-square test was performed.Results There were 2 298 blood donors including teenages less than 15 years old dur-ing 2008-2009,female doners were more than male donors,among them 366 cases were pregrant women.The blood donors from village were more than those from city,the education level was dominated by the middle school students,accounting for 51.65%. There were 22 tuberculosis patients in 2008,none in 2009.The detection rate of anti-HIV antibody was 0.04% for these 2 years. Conclusion The protection on the blood donors in Africa area is not optimistic.The phenomenon of pregrant women and teenages as the blood donors exists in Madagascar.