Implementation and evaluation of a community walking blood bank for haemorrhagic shock when banked blood is unavailable: protocol for a mixed-methods, effectiveness-implementation study - phase 2 of the Local Initiative for emergency blood (LIFE-Blood) study.

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Title: Implementation and evaluation of a community walking blood bank for haemorrhagic shock when banked blood is unavailable: protocol for a mixed-methods, effectiveness-implementation study - phase 2 of the Local Initiative for emergency blood (LIFE-Blood) study.
Authors: Kumar N; Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.; University of California San Francisco East Bay Department of Surgery, Oakland, California, USA., Mathew F; Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Sawhney R; Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.; Blood DESERT Coalition, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Thompson AA; Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Makanga C; Institute of Healthcare Management, Strathmore University, Strathmore Business School, Nairobi, Kenya., Williams W; Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Wesonga C; Blood DESERT Coalition, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Musa A; Department of Health and Sanitation, Turkana County Government, Lodwar, Kenya., Nyanamba NO; Lorugum Subcounty Hospital, Lorugum, Kenya., Lokuruka KK; Lodwar County Referral Hospital, Lodwar, Kenya., Barmasai H; Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya., Wakwabubi M; Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya.; University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya., Wangia E; World Bank Group, Nairobi, Kenya., Opiyo CO; Strathmore University, Strathmore Business School, Nairobi, Kenya., Esekon E; Turkana County Government, Lodwar, Kenya., Gilchrist L; Department of Livestock Development, Turkana County Government, Lodwar, Kenya., Puyana JC; Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA., Kumar P; Institute of Healthcare Management, Strathmore University, Strathmore Business School, Nairobi, Kenya.; Global Business School for Health, University College London, London, UK., Delaney M; Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.; The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, USA., Roy N; Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden nobsroy@gmail.com.; WHO Collaborating Centre for Emergency, Critical and Operative Care, New Delhi, India.; The George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, India.; University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda., Cap AP; Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA., Dey T; Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Omondi Onyango S; Lodwar County Referral Hospital, Lodwar, Kenya., Mutebi E; Ministry of Health, Turkana County Government, Lodwar, Kenya., Hongo K; Lodwar County Referral Hospital, Lodwar, Kenya., Raykar N; Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.; Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Chelagat T; Institute of Healthcare Management, Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya., Barnes L; Linda S Barnes Consulting, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Source: BMJ open [BMJ Open] 2026 Jul 13; Vol. 16 (7), pp. e113702. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jul 13.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal Info: Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101552874 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2044-6055 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20446055 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMJ Open Subsets: MEDLINE
Database: MEDLINE Ultimate
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ISSN:2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-113702