Africa Society for Blood
WHO Geneva, 12-14 November 2008
LIST OFPARTICIPANTS
Representatives of International/ National Organizations/AssociationsAfrica Society for Blood
Transfusion (AfSBT) / Prof Anthon HeynsPresident, Africa Society for Blood Transfusion
Post Net 211, Garsfontein
Gauteng0042, South Africa
Tel: +27 12 991 41 36
Fax: +27 86 682 8511
Mobile: 082 450 4799
Email:
AABB / Ms Karen Shoos Lipton
CEO, AABB
8101 Glenbrook Road
Bethesda, MD20814, USA
Tel: +1 301 215 6503
Fax: +1 301 652 2389
Email:
Agence Nationale du Sang Algeria / Prof.Kamel Kezzal
President, Agence Nationale du Sang
BP 59 Tixeraine, 15 route du Kaddoua
Alger, Algeria
Tel: +21321550298
Fax: +21321550366
Email:
Arab Blood Transfusion Society / Dr Ibraheem Alomar
General Director of Laboratories and Blood Banks
Ministry of Health
P.O.Box11176, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Tel: +96614359904 (O)/+96614353564 (R)
Mobile: +966555420133
Email:
Australian Red Cross Blood Service / Dr Sally Thomas
National Donor Medical Services Manager/International Relations Manager
Australian Red Cross Blood Service
GPO Box B 80, PerthWA 6838, Australia
Tel: +61 8 9472 2027
Fax: +61 8 9472 2020
Email:
Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative / Dr Lorna Williamson
Medical Director
NHS Blood and Transplant
Long Road, CambridgeCB2 2PT, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1223 548076
Fax: +44 1223 548136
Email: /
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA / Dr Christie Reed
Global AIDS Program, HIV Prevention Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E-04
Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Tel:+1 +14046394212
Fax:+1 4046398105
Email:
Council of Europe (CoE) / Dr Jean-Marc Spieser
Head of Department DBO
Biological Standardization, OMCL Network & Health Care
EDQM - Council of Europe
Avenue de l’Europe
67075 Strasbourg Cedex, France
Tel: +33 388 41 21 84
Secr.: +33 388 41 35 89
Fax: +33 388 41 27 71
Email:
Établissement français du sang, France / Dr Alain Beauplet
Director, International Affairs
Etablissement Français du Sang
20 avenue du Stade de France
93218 La Pleine St Denis Cedex
Tel: +331 55 93 96 19
Fax: +331 55 93 96 20
Email:
European Blood Alliance (EBA) / Dr Clair Watts
European Blood Alliance
Plesmanlaan 125
1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: +31205123291
Fax: +31205123559
Email:
European Commission (EC) / Dr Thomas Brégeon
Policy Officer, European Commission
Health & Consumer Protection Directorate-General
Directorate C - Public Health & Risk Assessment
Unit C6 Health Measures, Rue Froissart 101, F 101 7/90
1049 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32229 54 729
Fax: +32229 59 580
Email:
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), USA / Dr Jay Epstein
Director, Office of Blood Research and Review
Centre for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Food and Drug Administration
HFM-300, 1401 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Tel: +1 301 8273518
Fax: +1 301 8273533
Email:
Health Canada / Dr Peter R. Ganz
Director, Biologicals and Radiopharmaceuticals Evaluation Centre, Health Canada
Tunney’s Pasture, Building #6
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIA OL2 AL:0603D
Tel: +1 613 952 0237
Fax: +1 613 948 3655
Email:
International Association for Biologicals / Prof. Jean-Pierre Allain (Current Vice-Chairperson)
Division of Transfusion Medicine, University of Cambridge
Long Road, CambridgeCB2 2PT, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1223 548044
Fax: +44 1223 242044
Email:
International Consortium for Blood Safety (ICBS) / Prof. Dr Mohamed El-Nageh
Executive Director
International Consortium for Blood Safety
5932 Shisler Street
PhiladelphiaPA19149, USA
Email:
International Council for Commonality in Blood Bank Automation (iCCBBA) / Mr Paul Ashford
Executive Director, ICCBBA, Inc
204 St Charles Way, Unit 179E
YorkPA17402, USA
Tel: +44 7887 651076
Fax: +1 717 845 9727
Email:
International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations (IFBDO) / Mr Niels Mikkelsen
President IFBDO
Secretary-General, Bloddonorernei Denmark
Vesterbrogade 191, 1800 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Tel:+45 70 13 70 14
Mobile: +45 4011.9556
Fax: + 45 70 13 70 10
Email:
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCRCS) / Dr Rudolf Schwabe
Chair, Global Advisory Panel
Director
Service de transfusion sanguine CRS
Laupenstrasse 37, Postfach 5510
CH 3001 Bern, Switzerland
Tel: +41 31 380 81 81
Fax: +41 31 380 81 80
Email:
International Patient Organisation for Primary Immunodeficiencies (IPOPI) / Dr David Watters
Executive Director, International Patient Organisation for Primary Immunodeficiencies
Firside, Main Road, Downderry, PL11 3LE, United Kingdom
Tel/fax: +44 1503 250 668
Mobile: +44 77 36 36 6137
Email:
International Plasma Fractionation Association (IPFA) / Mr Theo Evers
Executive Director, International Plasma Fractionation Association (IPFA)
Plesmanlaan 125
PO Box 9190, 1006 AD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 512 35 61
Fax: +31 20 512 35 59
Email:
International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) / Dr Paul Strengers
Secretary-General, ISBT Central Office
Jan Goyenkade11
NL-1075 HP Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 512 32 39
Fax: +31 20 673 7306
Email:
Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization (ibto) / Dr Hasan Aboulghasemi
Managing Director, Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization
IBTO bldg Hemmat, Exp. Way
Teheran, Iran
Tel: +9821 8288582/3
Fax:+9821 8288581
Email:
National Health Service Blood and Transplant, UK / Mr Patrick Sullivan
Head of Operations, Diagnostics, Development & Research
NHS Blood and Transplant
Crescent Drive
Brentwood
EssexCM15 8DP, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1277 306002
Fax: + 44 1277 306180
Email:
Network for Advancement of Transfusion Alternatives (NATA) / Prof Alice Maniatis
Chief, Haematology,
HenryDunantHospital
107, Mesogeion Ave.
Athens, GR 11526
Greece
Tel:+210 (697) 9161/697 602 5010
Fax:
Email:
Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association, Europe (PPTA) / Mr Charles Waller
Executive Director
Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association Europe
Blood Transfusion Safety Team
Boulevard Brand Whitlock 114/115
1200 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 705 5811
Fax: +322 705 5820
Email:
PPTA Source / Prof Albert Farrugia
PPTA Source
147 Old Solomon's Island Road – Suite 100
Annapolis, MD 21401 USA
Email:
Safe Blood International, USA / Mr Jeffery Busch
Chairman, Safe Blood for Africa Foundation
3828 Kennett Pike Suite 206
Greenville DE19807, USA
Tel: +1 302 655 1280
Fax: +1 302 655 1281
Email:
South African National Blood Service / Dr Loyiso Mpuntsha
Chief Executive Officer
South African National Blood Service
Private Bag X14, WeltevredenPark, 1715
2 Constantia Boulevard, Constantia Kloof, Exc 22
1709 South Africa
Tel: +27 11 761 9111
Fax: +27 11 761 9113
Mobile: +27 82 555 9330
Email:
South Asian Association of Transfusion Medicine (SAATM) / Dr Nabajyoti Choudhury
Secretary General, SAATM
Medical Director, PrathamaBloodCenter,
JivrajMehtaHospital, Vasna,
Ahmedabad-380007, India.
Tel: +91-79-26600101
Fax: +91-79-26611850
Email: and
Swiss Red Cross / Dr Guy Levy
Medical Director
Blood Transfusion Service SRC
Laupenstrasse 37, Postfach 5510
3001 Bern, Switzerland
Tel: +41 31 380 81 86
Fax: +41 31 380 81 80
Email:
Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF) / Dr Androulla Eleftheriou
Scientific Director, Thalassaemia International Federation
31 Ifigeneias Street, 2007 Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus
Tel: +357 22 319129
Fax: +357 22 314552
Email:
World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) / Dr Claudia Black
CEO
World Federation of Hemophilia
1425, boulevard Rene-Levesque Ouest, Suite 1010
Montreal (Quebec) H3G 1T7
Direct: +1 (514)
Fax: +1 (514) 875-8916
World Health Organization
(WHO) / Dr Neelam Dhingra
Coordinator, Blood Transfusion Safety
Department of Essential Health Technologies
World Health Organization-HQ
Avenue Appia 20, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 791 46 60
Fax: +41 22 791 48 36
Email:
WHO Collaborating Centres
African Region
Zimbabwe / Dr M.E.Chitiyo
Medical Director, National Blood Transfusion Service Mazowe Street North
PO Box A101, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: + 263 4 70 78 04 / 79 35 52
Fax: + 263 4 70 78 02
Email: /
Americas Region
Brazil / Dra. Márcia Otani Mitiko
Chefe Depto Controle de Qualidade Serologia
Fundação Pró-Sangue Hemocentro de São Paulo
Av. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 155
CEP 05403-000 São Paulo SP, Brazil
Tel: +55 11 3061-5544 (Ramal 353)
Fax: +55 11 3088-8317
Email:
Eastern Mediterranean Region
Jordan
/ Dr Nidal Irshaid
Directorate of NationalCenter for Blood Bank
Fax: 009626-4749123
E-mail:
P.O Box: 10058, Zip. Code 11151
Amman
Tel: +962 (6) 4749123
Fax: +(962 6 4749123
Email:
Tunisia / Prof Hadef Skouri
Director, National Blood Transfusion Centre
Ministry of Public Health
3 rue Djebel Lakhdar, Bab Saadoun
Tunis, 1006, Tunisia
Tel: +216 71 574 106
Fax: +216 71 562 957
Email:
United Arab Emirates / Dr Amin Hussain Al Amiri
CEO, Medical Practice and License
Ministry of Health , UAE.
Vice Chairman, Supreme Organizing Committee
Director, Department of Blood Transfusion and Research Services
PO Box 2605Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 6 5582111
Fax: +971 6 5388717
Email:
European Region
Belgium / Dr Luc Kestens
Director, Department of Microbiology
Institute of Tropical Medicine
155 Nationalestraat
B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium
Tel: +32 3 247 63 32
Fax: +32 3 247 63 33
Email:
Germany / Dr. Uwe Unkelbach
Paul-Ehrlich-Institute (PEI)
Paul Ehrlich Str. 51-59
D-63225 Langen, Germany
Tel:
Fax: +49 6103 77 1250
Email:
Finland / Dr Thomas Krusius
Medical Director
Finnish Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service
Kivihaantie 7, FIN-00310 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: +358 9 5801 270
Fax: +358 9 5801 233
Email:
(Unable to attend)
Slovenia / Dr Irena Razboršek
Specialist in Transfusion Medicine
Blood Transfusion Centre of Slovenia
Šlajmerjeva 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel: +386 1 523 1627
Fax: +386 1 2302 224
Email:
The Netherlands / Dr Martin Smid
Managing Director,Sanquin Consulting Services
P.O. Box 11085, 9700CB Groningen, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 503610061
Fax: +31 503619039
Email:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / Mrs Anne Bradshaw
Director, Department of Haematology
Imperial College of Medicine
Hammersmith Hospital Campus
Ducane Road, London W12 0HS, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 208 383 1975
Fax: +44 208 383 1979
Email:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / Dr John Parry
Director, Sexually Transmitted and Bloodborne Virus Laboratory, Virus Reference Department (V.R.D.)
Health Protection Agency
61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 208 383 1975
Fax: +44 208 383 1979
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / Dr E. J. Parker-Williams
United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Scheme for General Haematology, UK NEQAS (H)
Watford General Hospital, PO Box 14
Watford WD 18 0FJ, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1923 217 878
Fax: +44 1923 217 879
Email:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / Prof. David J Anstee
Director, International Blood Group Reference Laboratory (IBGRL)
National Blood Service
Southmead Road, BristolBS10 5ND, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 117 991 2103
Fax: +44 117 959 1660
Email:
South-East Asian Region
Thailand / Dr Soisaang Phikulsod
Director, National Blood Centre
The Thai Red Cross Society
1780 Henri Dunant Road, Pathomawan, Bangkok, Thailand
Tel: +66 2263 9600 99, ext. 1888, 1801
Mobile: +66 81359 8083
Fax: +66 2255 5558
Email:
Western Pacific Region
Australia / Prof. Elizabeth M. Dax
Director, National Serology Reference Laboratory (NRL)
St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research
4th floor, HealeyBuilding, 41 Victoria Parade
Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia
Tel: +613 9418 1111
Fax: +613 9418 1155
Email:
Peoples' Republic of China / Prof. ZHU Yongming
President, ShanghaiBloodCenter
#1191, Hongqiao Rd., Shanghai 200051, P.R. China
Tel: +86 21 6278 0789
Fax: +86 21 62958414
Email:
Singapore / DrDianaTeo
Director, Centre for Transfusion Medicine
Health Sciences Authority, 11 Outram Road
Singapore 169078, Singapore
Tel:+65 229 06 00
Fax:+65 223 86 82
Email:
Individual capacity as expert
African Region
Côte d'Ivoire
/ Dr Seidou KonateMédical Adviser, Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine KM4 Boulevard de Marseille 18 BP, 898
Abidjan 18, Côte d'Ivoire Tel:+225 22522666 / 07 07 91 11Fax: +225 21358060Email:
South Africa
/ Mr Duncan ArmstrongExecutive Director, National Bioproducts Institute
10 Eden Road, Pinetown 3610, Private Bag X9043
Pinetown 3600, South Africa
Tel: +27 31 719 67 89
Fax: +27 31 708 56 14
Email:
Uganda
/ Dr Peter K. KataahaSenior Medical Consultant, Ministry of Health
PO Box 1772, Kampala, Uganda
Tel: +256 41 259 195/257 155 / 25677431880
Fax: +256 41 257 484
Email:
Zimbabwe
/ Dr Jean C. EmmanuelBlood Safety Consultant
10 Hillborough Close, GreystonePark
P.O. Box BW 1681, Borrowdale, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263 4 88 35 37
Mobile: +263 11 605 156
RoamingMobile: + 27 795 84 94 22
email:
Americas Region
Argentina / Dr Ana Emilia del Pozo
National Coordinator, Clinical Use of Blood Commission International Affairs Secretary, Asocíación Argentina de Hemoterapia e Immunohematologia
Chacabuco 824,CP 1069, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel: +54 11 43620645
Fax: +54 11 43085325
Email:
Brazil
/ Dr Silvano Wendel (Current Chairperson)Medical Director, Blood Bank, Hospital Sírio-Libanês
Rua Dona Adma Jafet 91, 20 Andar
São Paulo 01308-050, Brazil
Tel: +55 11 3255 7746
Fax: +55 11 3257 1290
Email:
Honduras / Dr Elizabeth Vinelli
Medical Director, National Blood Programme
Cruz Roja Hondureña
2a Avenida, Entre 6a y 7a calle
Comayagüela, MDC, Honduras
Tel: +504 237 18 00
Fax: +504 238 0185
Email:
USA / Dr Jerry Holmberg
Senior Advisor for Blood Policy and Executive Secretary
Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability
Department of Health and Human Services
1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 250
Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Tel: +1 301 443 2331
Fax: +1 301 4434788
Email:
USA / Prof. John Hess
Professor of Pathology and Medicine
University of Maryland
5606 Oak Place, Bethesda, MD20817, USA
Tel: +1 410 328 3834
Fax: +1 410 328 6816
Email:
USA / Dr Roger Y. Dodd
Executive Director, Biomedical Safety
American Red Cross
Holland Laboratory
15601 Crabbs Branch Way
Rockville MD 20855, USA
Tel: +1 301 738 0641
Fax: +1 301 738 0495
Email:
Eastern Mediterranean Region
Egypt / Dr Faten Moftah
Director-General, National Blood Transfusion Service Ministry of Public Health and Population
Cairo, Egypt
Tel: +202 7 2613 117
Fax: +202 7 2613 124
Email:
Tunisia / Prof Kamel Boukef
Laboratoire d'analyses medicales
N° 105 Rue 4001 Ezzouhour III
2052 - Tunis - Tunisia
mobile : 00 216 98 317 044
Email: ;
European Region
CzechRepublic / Dr Lenka Walterova
Head of Dept. of Clinical Haematology
RegionalHospitalLiberec
OKH KNL 46063 Liberec, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 602 163242
Fax: +420 485 312023
Email:
(Unable to attend)
Luxembourg / Dr. Jean-Claude Faber
Medical Direction,Blood Transfusion Service
Luxembourg Red Cross
L-1840 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 45 05 05 1
Fax: +352 45 05 05 247
Email:
The Netherlands / Prof. Dr Cees Th. Smit Sibinga
Academic Institute for International Development of Transfusion Medicine, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen
Sanquin Consulting Services and WHO Collaborating Centre
Triade Building E3.06, UMCG, The Netherlands
P.O. Box 11085, Groningen, 9700 CB, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 50 361 00 61 / +31 6 2223 4325
Fax:+31 50 361 90 39
Email: ; mailto:;
Russian Federation / Prof. Evgueni Selivanov
Director, Russian Institute of Haematology and Transfusiology
2nd Sovestskaya Street 16
St Petersburg 193024, Russian Federation
Tel: + 7 812 274 56 50
Fax: +7 812 274 9227
Email:
United Kingdom / Dr Brian McClelland
Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
WHO Expert Advisory Panel Member
21 Ellen's Glen Road
Liberton, Edinburgh EH17 7QT, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 7887 933 472; +44 131 536 5970
Fax:+44 131 536 5988
Email:
United Kingdom / Professor Marcela Contreras
Consultant, Transfusion Medicine
United Kingdom
Email:
SEARO
India / Dr Zarin S. Bharucha
Transfusion Medicine Expert, 4/40 Wadia Baug, G D Ambekar Road, Mumbai, 400033, India
Tel: +91 22 2471 0214
Fax: +91 22 2471 4927
Email:
India / Dr Nabajyoti Choudhury
Medical Director, Prathama Blood Center
Jivraj Mehta Hospital, Vasna,
Ahmedabad-380007, India
Tel: +91 79 2660 0101 (O); 79-2685 1228 (R)
Fax: +91 79 2661 1850
Mobile: + 91 982 541 4251
Email: ;
Western Pacific Region
Hong Kong, China / Dr Che Kit Lin
Chief Executive
Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service
15 King's Park Rise, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel/fax: +852 2780 1862
Email:
Japan / Dr Kenji Tadokoro
Executive Officer, Blood Service Headquarters
Japanese Red Cross Society
1-1-3 Shiba-Daimon, Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8521, Japan
Tel: +81 3 3437 7506
Fax: +81 3 3459 1560
Email:
Malaysia / Dr Yasmin Ayob
Senior Consultant,
National Blood Centre,
(Pusat Darah Negara)
Jalan Tun Razak,
50400 Kuala Lumpur,
Email:
Viet Nam / Prof. Nguyen Anh Tri
Director of National Institute of Haematology & Blood Transfusion
78 Giai Phong Street
Hanoi
Tel: +84 4 868 7863 / +84 4 868 9136
Fax: +844 868 8479
Email: ;
Invited Organizations/Speakers
Africa Institute for Transfusion Medicine (AITM) / Dr James Van Hasselt
Secretary, Africa Institute for Transfusion Medicine (AITM)
Executive Director
Safe Blood for Africa Foundation
Nelson Mandela Square
2nd FloorWestTower, Maude Street Sandown
P.O. Box 783902, Sandton 2146
Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel: +27 11 884 8905
Fax: +27 11 884 8908
Email:
Blood Systems Foundation, USA
/ Dr Michael Busch
Vice-President, Research/Scientific Services
Professor in Residence, Laboratory Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Blood Centers of the Pacific
IrwinCenter, 270 Masonic Avenue
San Francisco, CA94118, USA
Tel: +1 415 749 6615
Fax: +1 415 567 6400
Blood Systems Foundation, USA / Dr Brian Custer
Blood Systems Foundation
1516 E Republican St #5, Seattle, WA98112, USA
Tel: +1 206 324 1286
Email: ;
International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) / Professor Dr Erhard Seifried
President of the ISBT
Sandhofstrasse 1
D-60528 Frankfurt
Germany
Telephone: +49/69 6782 201
Fax: +49/69 6782 231
Email:
Invited Observer organizations
International Development of Transfusion Medicine (IDTM) / Prof. Dr Cees Th. Smit Sibinga
Academic Institute for International Development of Transfusion Medicine, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen
Sanquin Consulting Services and WHO Collaborating Centre
Triade Building E3.06, UMCG, The Netherlands
P.O. Box 11085, Groningen, 9700 CB, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 50 361 00 61 / +31 6 2223 4325
Fax:+31 50 361 90 39
Email: ;
Blood Banks & Transfusion Society of Turkey (BBTST) / Dr N. Nuri Solaz
Blood Banks & Transfusion Society of Turkey (BBTST)
Bagdat caddesi. Noter sokak 22/3 Saskinbakkal,
Kadikoy-Istanbul
Turkey
Tel: +90 216 467 28 28
Fax: +90 216 467 48 63
Email:
Observers from GCBS Participating organizations/WHO Collaborating Centres
American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) / Dr James Reilly
Division Director
Division of Global Development
8101 Glenbrook Road
Bethesda, Maryland20814, USA
Tel: +1 301 215 6511/+1 301 792 5885
Fax: +1 301 907 6895
Email:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA / Mr John Pitman
Project Officer, Blood Safety Team
HIV Prevention Branch
Global AIDS Program, ATA Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE (E-04), Atlanta, GA30333
Phone: +1 404 639 6338
Fax: +1 404 639 8104
Email:
Council of Europe (CoE) / Dr Marie Emmanuelle Behr-Gross
Scientific Officer, Department DBO
Biological Standardisation, OMCL Network & Health Care
EDQM - Council of Europe
Avenue de l’Europe
67075 Strasbourg Cedex, France
Tel: +33 390 214108
Fax: +33 388 41 27 71
Email:
Établissement français du sang France
/ Mrs Claudine HossenloppChargée de mission
Établissement français du sang
20 avenue du stade de France
93218 La Plaine Saint-Denis Cedex
Direction des Affaires Internationales
Tél: +331 55 93 96 18
Fax: +331 55 93 96 20
Mobile: +33672109104
Email:
Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization (ibto) / Dr Ahmad Gharehbaghian
Deputy Managing Director
IBTO for Research & Education Affairs
Exp. Way
Teheran, Iran
Tel: +9821 8288501-20
Fax: +9821 8288555
Email:
Sharjah Blood Transfusion & Research Center, United Arab Emirates / DrMay Yassin Raouf
Deputy Director
Sharjah Blood Transfusion & Research Center
Ministry of Health -United Arab Emirates
UN Organizations
UNAIDS / Dr Michael Bartos
Chief, Prevention
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 791 1409
Email:
Dr Teiji Takei
Senior Adviser on Monitoring and Evaluation
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 791 5590
Email:
UNFPA / Mrs Siri Tellier
Director UNFPA Office in Geneva
International Environment House
11 Chemin des Anémones
CH-1219 Châtelaine, Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 917 8574
Fax; +41 22 979 8016
Email:
UNICEF / Nancy Terreri
Health Section, Programme Division
UNICEF
Three United NationsPlaza
New York, NY10017
USA
WHO Secretariat
Regional Offices
Dr Jean-Baptiste Tapko
Regional Adviser, Blood Safety
WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) / Tel: +47 2 41 39250
Fax: +47 241 39511
Email:
Dr Nabila Metwalli
Regional Adviser, Laboratory
WHO Office for Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) / Tel: +202 670 5314
Fax: +202 2765416
Email:
Dr Valentina Hafner
Medical Officer
WHO Regional Office for European (EURO) / Tel: +45 39 17 1265
Fax: +45 39 18 18
Email:
Dr Jose Ramiro Cruz
Regional Adviser, Laboratory
WHO/PAHO AMRO, Regional Office for the Americas / Tel: +1 202 974 3230
Fax: +1 202 974 3663
Email:
Dr Rajesh Bhatia
Regional Adviser, Blood Safety
WHO Office for South East Asian (SEARO) / Tel: +91 11 23370804
Fax: +91 11 332 7972
Email:
Dr Gayatri Ghadiok
Technical Officer, Essential Health Technologies Adviser
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific / Tel:+632 528 9848
Fax:+632 521 1036
E-mail:
Headquarters
Dr Carissa Etienne
Assistant Director-General
Health Systems and Services / Tel +41 22 791 2361
Fax + 41 22 791 4300
Email:
Dr Steffen Groth
Director, Essential Health Technologies / Tel: +41 22 791 4387
Fax: +41 22 791 4836
Email:
Dr Neelam Dhingra
(Project Leader, GCBS Secretariat)
Coordinator, Blood Transfusion Safety
Essential Health Technologies / Tel: +41 22 791 4660
Fax: +41 22 791 4836
Email:
Dr Noryati Abu Amin
Medical Officer, Blood Transfusion Safety
Essential Health Technologies / Tel: +41 22 791 3948
Fax: +41 22 791 4836
Email:
Ms Jan Fordham
Technical Officer, Blood Transfusion Safety
Essential Health Technologies / Tel: +41 22 791 3644
Fax: +41 22 791 4836
Email:
Dr Shirish Kumar
Medical Officer
Blood Transfusion Safety / Tel: +41 22 791 3937
Fax: +41 22 791 4836
Email:
Mr Yu Junping
Technical Officer, Blood Transfusion Safety
Essential Health Technologies / Tel: +41 22 791 2607
Fax: +41 22 791 4836
Email:
Dr Luc P Noel
Coordinator, Clinical Procedures
Essential Health Technologies / Tel: +41 22 791 3681
Fax: +41 22 791 4836
Email:
Dr Ana Maria Padilla
Scientist, Quality and safety of Plasma Derivatives
Medicine Policy and Standards / Tel: +41 22 791 3892
Email:
Dr Gaby Vercauteren
Coordinator, Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology
Essential Health Technologies / Tel: +41 22 791 4728
Fax: +41 22 791 4836
Email:
Ms Nittita Prasopa Plaizier
Technical Officer, Patient Safety Programme
/ Tel: +41 22 791 3712Email:
Dr Ying-Ru Lo
Coordinator, Prevention in the Health SectorHIV/AIDS / Tel: +41 22 791 5057
Email:
Dr Matthews Mathai
Medical Officer
Norms and Technical Support Coordination
Making Pregnancy Safer / Te1: +41 22 791 3210
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