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+# ghana_wbpr
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+Code and data repository to accompany a manuscript accepted for publication in Transfusion in 2021.
+
+TITLE: 
+Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of whole blood pathogen inactivation in Ghana
+
+AUTHORS:
+W. Alton Russell1, Shirley Owusu-Ofori, Alex Owusu-Ofori, Eileen Micah, Betty Norman, Brian Custer