INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
Includes honorary members :
- Entitled to vote during general meetings of AfSBT
- Monthly e-newsletters
- Email notification when Africa Sanguine is released online
- Online access to full contents of Africa Sanguine
- Online access to educational materials
- On e-mailing list of news related to the field of blood transfusion
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Blood Services in Africa / Scientific organisations in Africa – benefits include:
- Networking with transfusion leaders in Africa, through attendance at meetings and also through the website.
- Helping to keep abreast with developments and thus avoiding duplication of effort and the
waste of valuable resources. - Access to technical experts with a good understanding of the blood transfusion field in Africa.
- Access to a forum for determining training and technical assistance needs in African countries.
- Credibility when advocating for better and safer transfusion practices; and when advocating for funding to implement solutions.
- An opportunity for mentoring and developing promising young scientists in the field.
- Opportunity to participate in the setting of “Standards of Practice” and thus increase quality,safety and access to blood components.
- Keeping current with changes to Standards, and other policies.
- Preferential benefits to exhibit at AfSBT congresses.
- Representative member pays the discounted member registration fee for AfSBT congresses.
- Representative member has a vote during annual general meetings of AfSBT.
- Monthly e-newsletters.
- Listing in Africa Sanguine and on the AfSBT website.
- Link on the AfSBT website to the Associate Member’s website.
- Africa Sanguine is emailed on publication.
CORPORATE MEMBERS
Commercial companies – benefits include:
- Monthly e-newsletters
- Listing in Africa Sanguine and on the AfSBT website
- Link on the AfSBT website to the Corporate Member’s website
- Africa Sanguine is emailed on publication
AFFILIATE MEMBERS
These are not for profit organisations which are engaged in work similar to that of AfSBT. The
organisation and AfSBT have a reciprocal relationship that does not involve fees. The organisations benefit from exchange of information; educational /scientific information about programmes. They are given special consideration for exhibiting at congresses.
Benefits are:
- Monthly e-newsletters
- Listing in Africa Sanguine and on the AfSBT website
- Link on the AfSBT website to the Affiliate Member’s website
- Africa Sanguine is emailed on publication