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Canada removes ban on blood donations from gay men
Canadian health officials contain removed a prohibit on blood donations from gay men, one that has long been condemned as homophobic.
The ancient rule prevented donations from men who have had sex with other men within three months of giving blood.
Health Canada called the move "a significant milestone toward a more inclusive blood donation system".
Countries around the world have been lifting similar bans in recent years.
As of 30 September, prospective donors will not be asked about their sexual orientation during the screening process but instead about whether they occupy in any higher-risk sexual behaviours.
The policy change comes after Canadian Blood Services, which collects blood and blood product donations across most of the nation, submitted a ask for last year to scrap the principle to Health Canada, which announced it had approved it on Thursday.
Canada's ban was first put in place in 1992 as a measure to prevent HIV from entering the blood supply. It came in the stir of a 1980s public health scandal where some 2,000 people were infected with HIV and up to 60,000 with Hepatit
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