Rules for blood donation eligibility to change for men

RNZ1NewsThursday 30 January 2025 · 2 outlets · 2 reports · updated

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Medsafe has approved a change to blood and plasma donation rules. Instead of a blanket policy, donors will undergo an individual, evidence-based assessment regardless of their gender or sexual orientation. This update aims to allow more gay, bisexual, and takatāpui men to donate.

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First reported by RNZ, Thu 30 Jan 2025, 11:22am · 2 reports from 2 outlets over 2 hours
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    Rules preventing blood donations from men who have sex with men to change (opens in new tab)

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    Rule change will allow more gay, bisexual men to donate blood (opens in new tab)