Like Australia, Sweden and Japan, Britain will allow gay men to give blood, as long as their last sexual contact with another man was more than 12 months ago. The Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs said on 8 September that a lifetime ban on blood donations - introduced in the 1980s - could be lifted (from 7 November) without increasing the risk of infections such as HIV being transmitted. The United States and Canada still prohibit gay men from giving blood.
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