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| Region | Canada |
| Issue | Blood donations by MSMs |
| Status | Banned (1-year deferral) |
| Start Date | Jun 20, 2016 |
| End Date | Jun 3, 2019 |
| Description | Health Canada approved Canadian Blood Services’ proposal to reduce the blood donation ineligibility period for men who have sex with men from five years to one year. |
| Sources | https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2016/06/health-canada-approves-requests-from-canadian-blood-services-and-hema-quebec-to-amend-their-licences-to-implement-a-one-year-msm-donor-deferral-period.html |
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Revision History (6)
edited by Notdog1996. Fixing dates and adding archived source
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| Start Date | Jan 2016 | Jun 20, 2016 |
| Sources | https://blood.ca/en/blood/am-i-eligible/men-who-have-sex-men | https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2016/06/health-canada-approves-requests-from-canadian-blood-services-and-hema-quebec-to-amend-their-licences-to-implement-a-one-year-msm-donor-deferral-period.html |
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edited by Notdog1996
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| End Date | May 9, 2019 | Jun 3, 2019 |
edited by alexkillby
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| Value | Banned (5-year deferral) | Banned (1-year deferral) |
| Start Date | Jul 22, 2013 | Aug 2016 |
| Description | Health Canada changed the indefinite deferral period to a 5-year deferral, effective July 22, 2013. | Health Canada approved Canadian Blood Services’ proposal to reduce the blood donation ineligibility period for men who have sex with men from five years to one year. |
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| Sources | http://www.blood.ca/CentreApps/Internet/UW_V502_MainEngine.nsf/page/MSM http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/new-blood-donation-rules-take-effect-in-canada-two-decades-after-tainted-blood-inquiry-1.1378949 http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2013/05/22/blood-policy-men.html | https://blood.ca/en/blood/am-i-eligible/men-who-have-sex-men |
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- Date is incorrect "Dates are incorrect, and overlaps multiple timelines in conflict as described on blood.ca."
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| Start Date | May 22, 2013 | Jul 22, 2013 |
| Description | Health Canada changed the indefinite deferral period to a 5-year deferral, effective July 22, 2013. | |
| Sources | http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/new-blood-donation-rules-take-effect-in-canada-two-decades-after-tainted-blood-inquiry-1.1378949 http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2013/05/22/blood-policy-men.html | http://www.blood.ca/CentreApps/Internet/UW_V502_MainEngine.nsf/page/MSM http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/new-blood-donation-rules-take-effect-in-canada-two-decades-after-tainted-blood-inquiry-1.1378949 http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2013/05/22/blood-policy-men.html |
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Reports (23)
- Status is not correct "Blood Donation by MSMS in Canada is still banned with a deferral. But the deferral is now 1 Year, not 5. There's also people who want to change it to 3 months."
- Status is not correct "As of 2016 the deferral is one year"
- Status is not correct "1 year defferal in effect"
- Status is not correct "Gay men need to be abstinent for 1 year prior to donating blood"
- Status is not correct "Need to be abstinent from same-sex activity for 12 months. For example, a man cannot donate if he's engaged in sexual activity with another man; a woman cannot donate if she's engaged in sexual activity with a man whom has participated in the formerly mentioned example.
Proper date: August 15, 2016
Source: Canadian Blood Services
Note: currently a blood donor and gay (abstinent)"
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- Status is not correct "It's now 1 year"
- Status is not correct "Must abstain from same sex relations for at least one year prior to donating "
- Status is not correct "Still one year deferral"
- Status is not correct "Deferral period is no longer 5 years. It is now 1 year. See Canadian Blood Services link at https://blood.ca/en/men-who-have-sex-men"
- Status is not correct "The deferral period is 1 year as of 2016"
- Newer law has been passed "As of Aug 15, 2016 the waiting period has been reduced to 1 year. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gay-men-blood-donations-1.3643761"
- Status is not correct "1 yr deferral as of August 2016.
https://blood.ca/en/men-who-have-sex-men/MSM_FAQ"
- Status is not correct "It's one year now "
- Newer law has been passed "Deferral has been reduced to 1 year."
- Status is not correct "This was updated to reduce the ineligibility period from 5 years to 1 year as of August 15, 2016 (https://blood.ca/en/men-who-have-sex-men)"
- Status is not correct "The deferral has been reduced to 12 months , after Health Canada , the health regulator in the country , approved such a submission by the Canadian Blood Services and Hema Quebec , the blood collection agency in the province of Quebec. The new pokicy becaame effective August 15th , 2016."
- Status is not correct "It is now only a year deferral "
- Status is not correct "Deferral period was changed to 1 year in June 2016"
- Newer law has been passed "In August, the deferral period will be only one year."
- Newer law has been passed "Reduced to One Year, bummer.."
- Status is not correct "Banned (1-year deferral)"
- Status is not correct "Recently changed to 1 year. "
created by alexkillby
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Banned (5-year deferral) |
| Start Date | May 22, 2013 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | (empty) |
| Sources | http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/new-blood-donation-rules-take-effect-in-canada-two-decades-after-tainted-blood-inquiry-1.1378949 http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2013/05/22/blood-policy-men.html |
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- Date is incorrect "From official source, the month should be June (not may) for the origin of this status: http://www.blood.ca/CentreApps/Internet/UW_V502_MainEngine.nsf/page/MSM"