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.
- For more on this story see Times Select.
We’ve come a bloody long way from rejecting black donors
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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.
- For more on this story see Times Select.
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