HIV incidence in US first-time blood donors and transfusion risk with a 12-month deferral for men who have sex with men

E Grebe, MP Busch, EP Notari, R Bruhn… - Blood, The Journal …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
In 2015, the US Food and Drug Administration published revised guidance that
recommended a change in blood donor deferral of men who have sex with men (MSM) from …

The PrEP Penalty

D Dorfman - BCL Rev., 2022 - HeinOnline
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a novel treatment shown to be highly effective in
preventing HIV infection. Although this preventive measure signals a new dawn in …

Science in action? A critical view of UK blood donation deferral policy and men who have sex with men

T Fisayo - The International Journal of Health Planning and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The rules that govern blood donation vary globally. Some potential blood donors are
ineligible for immediate blood donation, and as such are deferred until such time that they …

Re‐engineering the medical assessment of blood donors in South Africa: The balance between supply and safety

T Rapodile, J Mitchel, R Swanevelder, EL Murphy… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The balance between ensuring blood donor and recipient safety while
maintaining a sufficient blood supply can be affected by excessive deferral of blood donors …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing Blood Transfusion Service Delivery across the West African Sub-Region

O Erhabor, JO Akpotuzor, EY Afriyie… - … -New Insights and …, 2023 - intechopen.com
The sub-continent of West Africa is made up of 16 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape
Verde, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria …

Ease restrictions on US blood donations

C Vasavda, BK Ho, SH Snyder - Science, 2020 - science.org
The demand for healthy blood and convalescent plasma will accelerate as COVID-19 infects
more Americans. To address the acute shortage (9), the deferral period should be …

Evaluating the validity of restrictions on blood donation eligibility for men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States, France, and Switzerland

S Gorantla - 2022 - digitalcollections.sit.edu
For the first time in a decade, the number of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
diagnoses is higher for heterosexual people compared to gay and bisexual men (Florêncio …

Donate with PRIDE: Updated FDA Blood Donor Criteria and Reducing LGBTQIA+ Stigma

H DeLargy - 2024 - thescholarship.ecu.edu
The United States trails other countries in the global north in adopting LGBTQIA+ inclusive
legislation and policies. This was especially evident in the outdated and stigmatizing FDA …

Volume 63 March 2022 Number 3

SI Becher, Y Feldman, M Furth-Matzkin - HeinOnline
This Article argues that the law currently underestimates, and does not properly respond to,
the social harms that toxic promises generate. Insights frombehavioral ethics suggest that …

Attitudes towards men who have sex with men donating blood in Iceland

BÓ Jónsdóttir - skemman.is
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are excluded from donating blood in Iceland. This study
aimed to explore attitudes towards MSM donating blood, and if age, having donated blood …