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Simar Bajaj

Here are 3 solutions to get blood to folks in 'blood deserts.' One is often illegal

A worker separates bags of donated blood at a campaign organized by the Rotary Blood Bank in New Delhi, India. (Money Sharma/AFP via Getty Images)

When Caroline Wangamati was touring a rural Kenyan hospital in 2018, the doctors shared that two young mothers would likely be dead within hours.

Their hemoglobin levels were catastrophically low — a sign of life-threatening anemia. The typical response would be a blood transfusion, but the local blood bank was empty.

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