.US_FDA needs messaging campaign to ease gay, bisexual men into blood donation: Medical experts
Gay and bisexual men could soon face fewer challenges in donating if the FDA lifts its rules restricting all men who have had sex with men in the past three months from donating blood after a study was conducted with 1,600 gay and bisexual men.The new policy would require potential donors to complete a new individual-based risk questionnaire that would look into their sexual activity, including if they have had new sexual partners in the past three months.
Anthony J. Santella, a public health professor at Connecticut’s Fairfield University, said in an interview with Bloomberg Law that, as a gay man, he will not be wanting to donate blood even once the policy changes unless he sees"governmental officials and partners commit their time, resources, and energy to this initiative."
He added that it is important for government agencies to ensure that everyone, not just gay and bisexual men, are educated"about where we were and where we are today." “Historically, there’s been a lack of information and communication with the LGBT community in terms of their eligibility to donate blood and how they can engage in activities that actually is giving life,” Rodriguez-Diaz said.
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