DUSHANBE -- The price of blood has risen dramatically in Tajikistan, as parliament discusses a new law on blood donors and transfusions.
For example, prices for blood and frozen plasma have doubled in southern Tajikistan.
Jum'aboy Sanginov, a member of the Tajik parliament's lower chamber, tells RFE/RL's Tajik Service that the new law would impose stricter requirements for the health of blood donors, in an attempt to minimize tainted transfusions.
In a report in May 2008, the World Bank said the health systems in Central Asian countries have an "urgent need" to improve their blood-screening efforts.
"After rescreening samples from 7,500 donors, the results showed a clear and present danger that blood contaminated with HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and syphilis may be entering into the countries' blood supply," the report found.
For example, prices for blood and frozen plasma have doubled in southern Tajikistan.
Jum'aboy Sanginov, a member of the Tajik parliament's lower chamber, tells RFE/RL's Tajik Service that the new law would impose stricter requirements for the health of blood donors, in an attempt to minimize tainted transfusions.
In a report in May 2008, the World Bank said the health systems in Central Asian countries have an "urgent need" to improve their blood-screening efforts.
"After rescreening samples from 7,500 donors, the results showed a clear and present danger that blood contaminated with HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and syphilis may be entering into the countries' blood supply," the report found.