We’ve come a bloody long way from rejecting black donors

02 November 2018 - 08:00 By Dave Chambers
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Blood donor
Blood donor
Image: Lebohang Nthongoa

The furore that followed news that the South African National Blood Service was racially profiling donors emerged in late 2004 led to the introduction in 2005 of a new test that allowed the blood service to eliminate race-based collection policies.

Now it has been revealed that the number of black blood donors grew almost six-fold in the ensuing decade.

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