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The Canadian proposal follows a similar change in approach in the United Kingdom. On World Blood Donor Day, June 14, National Health Service Blood and Transplant launched a new policy, with eligibility to donate based on a more personal assessment rather than on a risk assigned to a population or group. Now, deferrals are based on behaviors known to carry a higher risk of sexual infection.
The U.K. policy follows the lead of France, Argentina, and Brazil, the perspective authors wrote. Those countries have individual assessments or no restrictions, they said.The shift in Canada is welcomed by many, including Nathan Lachowsky, PhD, an associate professor of public health and social policy at the University of Victoria. He and others have been advocating for the ''removal of the MSM specific ban for over a decade," he says.
While Lewis says those questions will be released soon, Lachowsky says they are expected to ask about details such as relationship status, the number of partners, new partners, and types of sexual practices. In his research, Lachowsky has found that gay and bisexual men are willing to donate blood if they are deemed eligible. When he surveyed 39 men, most said they were low-risk, were willing donors, and would ''gain satisfaction and civic pride from donation."In the U.S., the latest FDA guidance calls for a 3-month sexual abstinence period before donating blood for all men who have sex with men.
Just heard that people with covid19 infections aint supposed to donate blood.
What about aids and STDs!
I never understood why of this ban.
What about aids?
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