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More gay and bisexual men and takatΔpui will soon be able to donate blood and plasma due to an upcoming change to donation processes.
Medsafe has approved the Blood Service's application to move towards individually assessing each donor, rather than a blanket policy making men who had sex with men in the last three months ineligible to donate due to the risk of HIV.
It follows the country's most comprehensive study on blood donation and HIV prevention, SPOTS, which revealed individualised assessments wou
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