Poor iron store recovery in voluntary blood donors in the northern zone of Ghana; a five-month three-centre cohort study.

Objective: In Ghana, although iron deficiency is endemic, post blood donation iron supplementation is not routine. We sought to determine whether at five months post-donation of a single unit of whole blood, donors were able to recover iron stores.

Materials And Methods: This three-centre cohort study recruited 164 blood donors at the Lawra, Nandom, and Bimbila communities in the northern zone of Ghana.