ΤΟ ΑΝΕΠΙΘΥΜΗΤΟ ΑΙΜΑ 9. ΧΩΡΕΣ ΠΟΥ ΕΠΙΤΡΕΠΟΥΝ ΤΗΝ ΑΙΜΟΔΟΣΙΑ ΣΤΟΥΣ ΟΜΟΦΥΛΟΦΙΛΟΥΣ ΑΝΔΡΕΣ

An Increasing Number of Countries Have Reformed MSM (man who has had sex with another man) Policies
An increasing number of countries have begun to review their MSM bans and to consider less restrictive policies for gay and bisexual men.
Argentina, Australia, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Russia, South Africa, Sweden and Spain have all revised their policies in recent years. In May 2008, the Russian Ministry of Health and Social Development repealed a ban that explicitly prohibited gay individuals from donating blood.
The countries with one-year and fiveyear MSM deferral policies are listed in the sidebar; Italy, Spain, and France defer donors solely based on high-risk behavior, not on a donor’s history of MSM behavior.
Additionally, the United Kingdom, which currently employs a more restrictive policy than the United States, prohibiting any man who has ever had sex with another man, regardless of when that sexual activity took place, recently considered reforms to its policy.
These reforms are attributable to both a concern that the ban is ineffective and discriminatory, as well as a critical need in many countries for an increased blood supply.

Countries that have lifted the ban on MSM donors:
■ Russia
Six-month deferral for MSM donors:
■ South Africa
One-year deferral for MSM donors:
■ Argentina
■ Australia
■ Hungary
■ Japan
■ Sweden

Five-year deferral for MSM donors:
■ New Zealand
Donors screened for high-risk sexual practices rather than MSM behavior:
■ Italy
■ Spain
■ France

Απόσπασμα από:
A DRIVE FOR CHANGE: REFORMING U.S. BLOOD DONATION POLICIES
A Report by Gay Men’s Health Crisis (2/2010)
http://www.gmhc.org/files/editor/file/a_blood_ban_report2010.pdf