New measures could improve rates of blood donation from donors from Africa, the UK Department of Health has announced. Under the changes, donors will no longer be screened for sexual contact with people from areas with high rates of HIV.
At the moment, donors are asked if they have recently had sex with someone who may have ever been sexually active in areas where HIV is endemic, which includes most of sub-Saharan Africa. The question has meant Black African and other potential donors have been discouraged or unable to donate blood.
Changes due to come into force by the end of the year will remove this question from the donor safety check form. The hope is that this will help to increase the number of Black African an...
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New measures could improve rates of blood donation from donors from Africa, the UK Department of Health has announced. Under the changes, donors will no longer be screened for sexual contact with people from areas with high rat...
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