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A policy change years in the making on Thursday Health Canada approved Canadian Blood Services submission to eliminate the three-month donor deferral period for gay and bisexual men as well as some other folks in the LGBTQ2S community. 1 day agoGlobal News.

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Canadian Blood Services has today recommended that Canada end the ban on gay men donating blood in a submission to.

. Our experienced medical team will provide you with customized care throughout the entire banking process. 17 hours agoA blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary on March 27 2020. Health Canada approves Canadian Blood Services request to lift blood banA policy change years in the making on Thursday Health Canada approved Canadian Blood Services submission to eliminate the three-month donor deferral period for gay and bisexual men as well as some other folks in the LGBTQ2S community.

A policy change years in the making on Thursday Health Canada approved Canadian Blood Services submission to eliminate the three-month donor deferral period. Moving away from a blanket. A Federal Court judge has dismissed the federal governments claim that Health Canada has no say in the rule barring men from donating blood if theyve recently had sex with other men clearing.

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National blood inventory. Health Canada says its greenlighting a submission from the Canadian Blood Services to remove the. Health Canada approves lifting April 28 2022 by admin A policy change years in the making Health Canada on Thursday approved Canadian Blood Services submission to eliminate the three-month donation deferral period for gay and bisexual men as well as others in the LGBTQ2S community.

1 hour agoHealth Canada has ended a policy that prohibits sexually active gay and bisexual men from donating blood to the Canadian Blood Services. For years advocates have called for the blood ban which began in 1992 following the tainted blood scandal that saw thousands of Canadians infected with HIV after receiving donor blood to. While the last few years have seen lifelong bans on gay men donating blood replaced with deferral policies that require gay men to abstain from sex for anywhere between three and 12 months this is the first time gay men in a G8 country have not all been painted with the.

Of inventory on hand. Over the last decade Health Canada said its OKd several changes to the donor deferral period for men who have sex with men from a. The Food and Drugs Act and the current version of the National Standard of Canada CANCSA Z902 Blood.

The federal regulator announced the move in a statement on Thursday. Proudly 100 Canadian serving families from coast-to-coast. Pexels Health Canada has approved the lifting of the blood donation ban for gay and bisexual men as well as others in the LGBTQ2S community.

The Blood Regulations fall under the authority of the Food and Drugs Act and apply to all persons or establishments that process label store distribute or transform blood for transfusion or for further manufacture including establishments that import blood for transfusion. Healthcord has been the trusted name for cord blood banking from coast-to-coast for over 20 years. Health Canada announced the decision Thursday years after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to eliminate the ban.

The regulator announced. Canadian Blood Services says Health Canada has approved its request. Moving away from a blanket ban the national blood donor organization will be able to screen all.

1 day agoCanada said on Thursday it is lifting a ban on blood donations from sexually active men who have sex with men first imposed decades ago as part of an effort to create a more inclusive system. 22 hours agoA policy change years in the making on Thursday Health Canada approved Canadian Blood Services submission to eliminate the three-month donor deferral period for gay and bisexual men as well as. Health Canada approves Canadian Blood Services request to lift blood ban.

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1 day agoHealth Canada on Thursday lifted the ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men putting an end to a practice long criticized as discriminatory and homophobic. 23 hours ago. Canadas ban on men who have sex with men donating blood has been in place since 1977.

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