Recent Posts
- Drinks Industry Supplanting Government Role In Alcohol Policies In Sub-Saharan Africa
- Opinions: Future Of PEPFAR; Family Planning
- Further Progress Toward AIDS Vaccine
- Induction Of Antibodies That Block HIV Prevented By Biological Catch-22
- Research On Leishmaniasis In Ethiopia Benefits From $5 Million Grant To Hebrew U.
Random Posts
- Many Americans Support Increased Domestic Funding To Address HIV/AIDS, Report Says
- Recent Releases: IAS 2009; HIV/AIDS Global Response, Treatment, Funding; PEPFAR; Health Affairs
- Continued International Investment, Decreased Discrimination Key To Fight Against HIV/AIDS, Says U.N. Secretary-General
- Global Fund Director Says G20 Can Become Donor Nations
- KPBS Examines San Diego County Board Of Supervisors' Opposition To Needle Exchange Program
- Global Fund-Financed Programs Reaching More People, Report Shows
- Indonesia Provides Three Provinces With Funding To Heighten HIV/AIDS Efforts
- ASGT 12th Annual Meeting: Gene Therapy Controls HIV, Research Shows
- No Race Disparities In Risk Of AIDS And Death In HIV Patients In Kaiser Permanente System
- Recent Releases On Global Health
Prescription AIDS Drugs
Contact Us
California Assembly member Tom Ammiano (D) has proposed a resolution (AJR 13) to lift an FDA ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men, Capitol Weekly reports. Ammiano said the ban “assumes if you are heterosexual that you would not have the same exposure” to HIV as MSM. He added that the ban still exists because of the slow bureaucratic process required to lift it. According to Capitol Weekly, the resolution would address MSM and not injection drug users, who are restricted from donating blood after using injection drugs one time.
The American Red Cross, the American Association for Blood Banks and America’s Blood Centers have urged FDA to lift the ban, according to Capitol Weekly. The Red Cross earlier this month reported that there was a 30% shortage in donations. According to Capitol Weekly, about 5% of the U.S. population, or 15 million people, donates blood annually (Chernyavsky, Capitol Weekly, 4/30).
Reprinted with kind permission from http://www.kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/healthpolicy. The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report is published for kaisernetwork.org, a free service of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
© 2009 Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.
Related posts:
- California Lawmaker Introduces Legislation To Support National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Patient / Public: Health Professional: Article Opinions: ...
- Connecticut HIV/AIDS Advocates Lobby Legislature For Continued Funding About 450 advocates in Connecticut on Wednesday rallied outside the...
Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
No Comments »
No comments yet.
RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL
Leave a comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.