# Travel (malaria risk, more than six months) — Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

For Travel (malaria risk, more than six months), blood service is Canadian Blood Services; 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, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Criterion:** Travel (malaria risk, more than six months)
- **Blood service:** Canadian Blood Services _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> If you have spent more than six consecutive months

## Source

- https://www.blood.ca/en/blood/am-i-eligible-donate-blood/eligibility/travel-living-abroad

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2027-02-02.
Part of [Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services](https://referencesource.org/blood-donor-deferral-criteria/).