England is set to remove an 'outdated, unnecessary and actively discriminatory' question from blood donor forms, which campaigners say has predominantly affected Black communities' ability to give blood.
London England is set to remove an"outdated, unnecessary and actively discriminatory" question from blood donor forms, which campaigners say has predominantly affected Black communities' ability to give blood.
It comes after UK-wide changes in June made it easier for sexually active gay and bisexual men to give blood -- overturning a ban that originated during the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and had been decried as homophobic for years. By the end of this year, potential donors will no longer be asked if they have recently had sex with a partner who may ever have been sexually active"in parts of the world where HIV/AIDS is very common", which includes most of sub-Saharan Africa.
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