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Travel (malaria risk, more than six months) — can I give blood? (Canadian Blood Services)

What is the waiting period for Travel (malaria risk, more than six months) — can I give blood? (Canadian Blood Services)?

For Travel (malaria risk, more than six months), waiting period is 3 years; condition is if you have spent more than six consecutive months in an area with a risk of malaria; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is Canadian Blood Services, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

If you have spent more than six consecutive months

blood.ca, retrieved 2026-08-06

3 years
How long you must wait before donating (or the age/weight bound), exactly as this blood service prints it — the passage it comes from is quoted on the record page. National services genuinely disagree on the same criterion; check the service you would donate with.
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Criterion
Travel (malaria risk, more than six months)
Blood service
Canadian Blood Services our reading
Waiting period
3 years
Condition
if you have spent more than six consecutive months in an area with a risk of malaria
Outcome
temporary deferral our reading

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