November 29, 2025
OHT’s Rishiraj Bhagawati co-authored a commentary in Economic and Political Weekly titled “Blood Donation in India: The Problem with Exclusion by Identity.”
The piece critiques India’s 2017 and 2024 blood donation guidelines, which permanently exclude men who have sex with men, transgender persons, and female sex workers, policies that conflate identity with risk and lack a scientific basis.
Read the commentary here.
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