Guidelines for Blood Donor Selection & Blood Donor Referral 2017
On 11th March, 2023, the Union Health Ministry has in the Supreme Court supported its 2017 guidelines, which excludes transgender persons, men having sex with men (MSM) and female sex workers from donating blood.
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- TheMinistry told the Supreme Court that the exclusion of transgenders, gay people, and female sex workers as blood donors by including them in the “at risk” category for HIV, Hepatitis B, or C infections is based on due consideration of scientific evidence.
- The Ministry’s response came after Thangjam Singh, a member of the transgender community, moved the Supreme Court seeking to strike down the ....
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