Black People in Canada Face Barriers to Donating Much-Needed Blood

Black Canadians face significant systemic barriers to donating critical blood

Black people in Canada who want to donate blood face barriers to doing so, despite a critical need for specific blood types to treat sickle cell disease, according to new research published in CMAJ.

Black Canadians face barriers when donating blood despite critical need, study says

Canadian Blood Services says people from ethnically diverse backgrounds are less likely to find a matching donor due to underrepresentation

Black people in Canada face barriers to donating much-needed blood

Black people in Canada who want to donate blood face barriers to doing so, despite a critical need for specific blood types to treat sickle cell disease, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Black Canadians face barriers to donating urgently needed blood

Black Blood Donors Face Systemic Barriers as Canada Struggles to Meet Sickle Cell Transfusion Needs Canada’s blood supply is confronting a paradox: patients with sickle cell disease urgently need transfusions from a more ethnically diverse donor pool, yet many Black people who want to donate encounter policies, institutional practices and historical experiences that discourage or prevent them from doing so. A new qualitative study published in t…