Health Canada blood ban

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. 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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4 hours agoHealth Canada has ended a policy that prohibits sexually active gay and bisexual men from donating blood to the Canadian Blood Services.

. Blood Regulations modified March 8 2016 The Establishment Licence Application Form and Registration Application Form can be obtained by sending an email to blood_sang_questionshc-scgcca. 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. A policy change years in the making on Thursday Health Canada approved Canadian Blood Services submission to.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos explains the changes to the process of Canadian blood donations and responds to criticism of the timeline of lifting the ban. The practice has been long criticized as discriminatory. 19 hours ago.

21 hours 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. Canada had previously eased the rules governing blood donations from. Canadian Blood Services is expected to introduce the new behaviour-based screening approach by September 30.

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. Such submissions must contain scientific data from studies that support the safety of any proposed changes. Health Canada says its greenlighting a submission from the Canadian Blood Services to remove the current ban on donations from men who have had sex with men in the last three months.

A policy change years in the making on Thursday Health Canada approved Canadian Blood Services submission to eliminate the three-month donor deferral period. Canadian Blood Services expects to implement a new donor screening process based on sexual behaviour rather than orientation by the end of September. 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.

The Inspection Strategy for Blood Establishments POL-0039 document is intended to provide information on Health Canadas approach to. 23 hours agoHealth Canada lifts ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men The new policy which is expected to take effect by Sept. Health Canada has approved the Canadian Blood Services submission to eliminate the three-month donor deferral period for men who have sex with men.

Under Canadas blood safety regulations the blood operators Canadian Blood Services andor Héma-Québec are required to make submissions for any proposed changes to Health Canada. Jeff McIntoshThe Canadian Press This is the daily Morning. This is a breaking news story more to come.

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. As the regulator of Canadas blood system Health. Respected Sir SeanFraserMP Kindly start.

Published April 28 2022 740 am. While Health Canadas documents show that post-implementation monitoring was also done following the 2016 and 2019 updates to the blood ban. Canadian Blood Services has today recommended that Canada end the ban on gay men donating blood in a submission to Health CanadaJeff McIntoshThe Canadian PressThe federal government will no longer automatically ban sexually active gay and bisexual men from donating blood to Canadian Blood Services ending a policy that has long been criticized as.

Health Canada announced the decision Thursday years after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to eliminate the ban. The Food and Drugs Act and the current version of the National Standard of Canada CANCSA Z902 Blood. 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.

Moving away from a blanket ban the national blood donor organization will be able to screen all.

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