Aboutme.SubinHealth - France Accept Blood Donated By Gay Community
France Accept Blood Donated By Gay Community: France announced on Wednesday that it will no longer prevent gay men from donating blood, under the condition that they do not have sex in the preceding months. Under the new policy, men who intend to give what is known as "whole blood" — platelets, plasma, and red blood cells — must abstain from sex with another man for 12 months prior. The period is shortened to four months if the man only gives plasma, blood's fluid component, AFP reported. French authorities imposed the ban in 1983 in an effort to prevent the spread of AIDS in the country, after hundreds of people died when a national blood transfusion center inadvertently distributed blood tainted with HIV. For further reading, please click here http://wp.me/p5HMd-hcPw . Aboutme.SubinFinance Aboutme.SubinEconomics Aboutme.SubinAdvertise Aboutme.SubinInvestment Aboutme.SubinHealth Aboutme.SubinFashion