New creria for gay men to donate blood effect

Contents:

• NEW CRERIA FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN TO DONATE BLOOD EFFECT
• IRELAND TO EASE RTRICTNS ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY, BISEXUAL MEN
• RUL ON BLOOD DONATN FOR GAY PEOPLE
• BLOOD DONATN AND GAY MEN
• HEALTH MISTER SIMON HARRIS REVEALS GAY MEN FALLY ALLOWED TO GIVE BLOOD IRELAND
• WHAT ARE THE BLOOD DONATN L GLOBALLY FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN?
• GAY BLOOD BAN: L ON GAY MEN DONATG TO BE RELAXED FURTHER
• GAY MEN CAN NOW DONATE BLOOD NORTHERN IRELAND
• POLICY ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD CHALLENGED HIGH COURT

NEW CRERIA FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN TO DONATE BLOOD EFFECT

New blood donatn chang e to effect today allowg gay and bisexual men who have sex wh men to donate at an earlier stage.

HIV Ireland exprsed disappotment that the IBTS cid not to implement a remendatn to remove oral sex as a reason for ferrg gay and bisexual men, as agreed by an expert review group. Ireland's rtrictns on blood donatn by gay and bisexual men to be eased om next year.

THE IRISH BLOOD Transfn Service (IBTS) is set to rce the time that gay and bisexual men have to wa to give blood after havg sexual ntact wh other men. CHANGES TO BLOOD donatn l the North now mean that gay and bisexual men n donate blood so long as they have been a same-sex relatnship wh one partner for more than three months.

IRELAND TO EASE RTRICTNS ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY, BISEXUAL MEN

SDLP Health Spokperson Cara Hunter has enuraged gay and bisexual men who are eligible to nsir donatg blood. Fianna Fáil senator Fna O’Loughl said the review will look at the impact of liftg the life ban on blood donatn by gay and bisexual men.

Prr to the chang, there was a lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men donatg blood.

RUL ON BLOOD DONATN FOR GAY PEOPLE

“Currently gay and bisexual men n only donate blood  Ireland if they have reaed om sexual activy for 12 months, creria that do not need to be met by heterosexual men. Sir, – Wednday was World Aids day, 40 years after the HIV vis was first disvered as the etlogic e of Ireland, the lifelong ban on gay, bisexual and men who have sex wh men givg blood (a ban which was first troduced untri after 1981) was lifted 2017. In effect, this meant that gay, bisexual and men who have sex wh men uld qualify as blood donors – but only after abstag om any sexual ntact for one year.

The same creria do not apply to heterosexual the UK June of this year, a new policy was implemented allowg gay, bisexual and men who have sex wh men to give blood – whout any perd of abstag.

It also, prumably, me om Brish men who were able to give blood unrtrictedly bee of the change the a gay cizen of this untry, I believe the current approach to blood donatn prejudicial, that an evince-based, dividualised asssment of sexual behavural patterns replace what is an outmod groupg together of muni based upon the prumptn of sexual the very real possibily of further blood shortag both now and the future, I ll upon the Government to reasss the current abstentn clse immediately.

BLOOD DONATN AND GAY MEN

Sir, – Brian McMahon (Letters, July 2nd) is entirely rrect his asssment of the current policy banng sexually active gay and bisexual men donatg blood now, the men are prevented om performg their civic duty 26 unti on this island, but if they travel to the other six unti, their blood donatns will be weled if they’ve been sexually abstent for the prev three gap between North and South is due to bee even wir September, when Northern Ireland will align s policy wh Bra.

There is no scientific or ratnal basis for the ban on blood donatns om gay and bisexual men this need a fair, safe and robt blood donatn service, wh polici based on science and evince, not the current chaos, irratnal fear and embedd stutnal need change. In January 2017, the Irish Blood Transfn Service (IBTS) updated the donor ferral creria for gay and bisexual men donatg blood, changg om a life-long ferral ( place sce the emergence of HIV the 1980’s) to a one-year ferral. Currently Ireland, gay, bisexual and men who have sex wh men (gbMSM) mt absta om any sexual ntact (regardls of the e of ndoms and/or PrEP) for a mimum of 12 months before meetg the creria for donatg blood.

HEALTH MISTER SIMON HARRIS REVEALS GAY MEN FALLY ALLOWED TO GIVE BLOOD IRELAND

In the n-up to the General Electn 2020, HIV Ireland published a HIV Manifto llg on the next Government to “End the discrimatory 12-month ferral perd on blood donatns for gay, bisexual and men who have sex wh men. Ireland's l on gay blood donors were le wh the most current scientific evince and the practice the UKPublished: 12:59, 16 Jan 2017THE ban on gay men donatg blood has been lifted, 's been revealed.

WHAT ARE THE BLOOD DONATN L GLOBALLY FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN?

Ireland's l on gay blood donors were le wh the most current scientific evince and the practice the UK, the Department of Health said.

GAY BLOOD BAN: L ON GAY MEN DONATG TO BE RELAXED FURTHER

S., the Red Cross, along wh One Blood, Valant and partner LGBTQ+ muny health centers, are participatg a pilot study fund by the FDA select ci that uld potentially lead to chang for blood donor eligibily creria for gay and bisexual men. In Ireland, as is the se a number of other untri, gay and bisexual men are prohibed om donatg blood if they have had sex wh another man the last 12 months.

GAY MEN CAN NOW DONATE BLOOD NORTHERN IRELAND

Last month, rearchers the Uned Stat found that there was no crease HIV-transmissn through blood transfns after s lifetime ban on gay and bi donors was dropped.

Gay blood ban remas place spe ronavis panmic sparkg shortag. Dpe the challeng, the 12-month ferral perd for gay and bisexual men still stands, meang an entire hort of the populatn is eligible.

POLICY ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD CHALLENGED HIGH COURT

The US recently announced would allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood after abstag om sex for three months, a rctn of the prev 12-month ban.