Shanta Rohse's List: MSM Policy Development

Why do some countries now accept blood donations from men who have ever had sex with men, and many do not\n\ndoi:10.1136/bmj.b318

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BMJ richard_hurley msm_policy on 2009-10-12

In 1999 New Zealand introduced a MSM policy of deferral for 10 years. In 2007 an expert committee recommended five years' deferral with clearer definitions of risky sexual behaviour.

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msm_policy new_zealand blood_safety on 2009-10-12

The justification for many bans are based on this 2003 paper which concludes that removing the exclusion might result in a fivefold increase in the risk of HIV infected blood entering the blood supply and that changing deferral to one year from the last homosexual contact would increase the risk by 60%. There are no estimates for the risk associated with a longer finite deferral.

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vox_sanguinis msm_policy via:hurley on 2009-10-12

McGill students' society banned blood drives at McGill in 2007.

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mcgill_u marc-andré_rousseau msm_policy canada:montréal héma-québec on 2009-10-12

National Blood Service for England and North Wales screening question: Are you a man who has had oral or anal sex with another man (even if you used a condom)? Answering yes results in permanent deferral.

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UKBTS msm_policy UK on 2009-10-12

The Australian Red Cross defers MSM donors for 12 months. A 5-year discrimination complaint against the ARCBS was dismissed in May 2009.

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AFAO msm_policy cain_vs_ARCBS HIV_australia australia blood_safety on 2009-10-12

In 2006, the AABB, America's Blood Centers and American Red Cross recommended to the FDA that the deferral period for men who had sex with other men should be changed to be equivalent with the deferral period for heterosexual's judged to be at risk.

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AABB ABC ARC steve_kleinman msm_policy on 2009-10-12

FDA (U.S.): Men who have had sex with other men, at any time since 1977 (the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the United States) are currently deferred as blood donors.

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msm_policy FDA blood_safety on 2009-10-12

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Canadian Hemophilia Society supports current indefinite msm deferral policy.

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msm_policy press_release freeman_vs_cbs CHS blood_safety on 2009-10-12

From the UK National Blood Service for England & North Wales

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msm_policy blood_safety UKBTS on 2009-10-12

From the UK National Blood Service's Blood Safety leaflet information for donors

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msm_policy blood_safety on 2009-10-12

Canadian Aids Society is appearing as a Freind of the Court, and is proposing an amendment to the Canadian Blood Services' screening question

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CAS msm_policy press_release freeman_vs_cbs blood_safety on 2009-10-12

In 2007 CBS reviewed its MSM deferral policy, deciding to maintain an indefinite deferral (i.e., a permanent ban).

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msm_policy blood_safety cbs on 2009-10-12

The CBS predonation screening question: "Have you had sex with a man, even one time since 1977?"

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msm_policy blood_safety discrimination cbs on 2009-10-12