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Blood D.E.S.E.R.T

Millions die from preventable deaths each year in the world’s blood deserts: areas with little to no access to lifesaving blood products. Conditions normally treatable with a simple transfusion lead to needless death.

The Blood D.E.S.E.R.T. Coalition(Blood Delivery via Emerging Strategies for Emergency Remote Transfusion Coalition)is a group of doctors, researchers, patient advocates, and policymakers committed to promoting the research, education, and implementation agenda necessary to eliminate the world’s blood deserts.

Objectives

We believe nobody should die from lack of transfusion

Through the implementation of Walking Blood Banks, Auto-transfusion, and Drone based blood delivery, our group aims to address the significant gap in access to blood products in various corners of the world.​​

Visit our Website for more: 

https://blooddesertcoalition.org/

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Samir Seshadri, MSc

Research & Outputs

Presentations/Accepted abstracts

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  • Kala azar project: CUGH 2026

  • RDT scoping review project: ASC 2026

  • Pre-operative anemia scoping review project: ASC 2026

  • Oklahoma blood deserts: AABB 2025

Where we work

  • India

  • Kenya

  • Blood Deserts in West and Midwest?? (Red Cross)

  • Blood Deserts in Brazil

  • Blood Deserts in Mexico

  • US Blood Deserts

External Collaborators

The PGSSC Blood D.E.S.E.R.T is part of the Blood D.E.S.E.R.T Coalition: a group of global experts, researchers and advocates

Blood DESERT Coalition Fellows:

 

Priyansh Nathani, Jasleen Kaur, Sidharth Mishra, Sammy Little, Maya Razmi, Julia Byrd, Michael Petros, Laith Ayasa, Sidra Inam, Abigail Kim, Isita Tripathi, Rahul Burra, Janhavi Patel, Marisa DelSignore, Siva Emani

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