Prevalence and causes of blood donor deferrals among clients presenting for blood donation in northern Tanzania

• Donath Mkenda Valerian,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania

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• Wilhellmuss I. Mauka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Northern Zone Blood Transfusion Centre, Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

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• Debora Charles Kajeguka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania

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• Maseke Mgabo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Institute of Rural Development Planning, Dodoma, Tanzania

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• Abdu Juma,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Blood Transfusion Services Head office, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Lelo Baliyima,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Blood Transfusion Services Head office, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Geofrey Nimrod Sigalla

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gnimrody@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Health, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8380-0622

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