title: [North-South cooperation on transfusion and hematology teaching: A Benin experience].
abstract: Hematologic diseases are a significant part of health disorders in Benin. As an example, anemia is the second cause of hospitalization, measuring up to 7.9% all over the country (National Plan of Sanitary Development, 2009-2018). By contrast, there is only one active hematologist in the country. Thanks to two partnerships, on one hand between the health sciences faculty in Cotonou (Benin) and the medicine one in Tours (France), and on the other hand between the Beninese Blood Transfusion National Agency and the French Blood Establishment, a first blood transfusion and hematology formation was held in Cotonou on December 2014. Among other benefits, was created an hematology-transfusion network in order to facilitate relations between Beninese hospital doctors, with the support of the two French partner institutions. The article describes this progress.
authors.affiliation: Agence nationale pour la transfusion sanguine, place de l'Étoile-Rouge, 01 BP 511, Cotonou, Bénin. Electronic address: edgard.lafia@gmail.com.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lafia
authors.affiliation: Agence nationale pour la transfusion sanguine, place de l'Étoile-Rouge, 01 BP 511, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Anani
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier départemental du Zou et des Collines, BP 49 Goho, Abomey, Bénin.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Glitho
authors.affiliation: Hôpital de Zone de Tanguiéta, BP 07, Tanguiéta, Bénin.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bankole
authors.affiliation: Hôpital d'instruction des armées, 02 BP 1324, Parakou, Bénin.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fachinan
authors.affiliation: Établissement français du sang Centre-Atlantique, 50, avenue Marcel-Dassault, BP 40661, 37206 Tours cedex 3, France.
authors.forename: J-Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Py
authors.affiliation: Faculté de médecine de Tours, 10, boulevard Tonnelé, BP 3223, 37032 Tours cedex 1, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Domenech
authors.affiliation: Établissement français du sang Centre-Atlantique, 50, avenue Marcel-Dassault, BP 40661, 37206 Tours cedex 3, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Martenot
authors.affiliation: Faculté de médecine de Tours, 10, boulevard Tonnelé, BP 3223, 37032 Tours cedex 1, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colombat
authors.affiliation: Faculté des sciences de la santé, campus du Champ-de-Foire, 01 BP 188, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chobli
authors.affiliation: Faculté des sciences de la santé, campus du Champ-de-Foire, 01 BP 188, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zohoun
mesh_terms: D001541:Benin; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D005602:France; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006405:Hematology / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D010820:Physicians
keywords: Coopération Nord-Sud; Hematology-transfusion network; Labor shortage; North-South cooperation; Pénurie de personnel; Réseau hématologie-transfusion