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Black Canadians face barriers when donating blood despite critical need, study says - The Globe and Mail

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

Open this photo in gallery: As of last year, Canadian Blood Services said that Black donors accounted for just under one per cent of its entire blood donor base, about two per cent of stem-cell registrants and five per cent of cord-blood donors.Supplied Black people in Canada who want to donate blood face barriers, despite a critical need for specific blood types to treat sickle-cell disease, says a study published on Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Researchers from the Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health at the University of Ottawa shared their findings after…

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