2007-12-30 12:21:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anthony P 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
This is because of certain diseases that can be brought into the country. You can read about this here
http://www.redcross.org/services/biomed/0,1082,0_557_,00.html#tra
2007-12-30 12:26:41 · answer #1 · answered by Nurse Annie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is most likely due to Mad Cow disease being prevalent in Europe a while back as well as ecoli. To reduce the odds of getting a contaminated blood donor the ARC placed restrictions on foreign travel, especially in Africa. The concern here is Aids.
2007-12-30 12:57:22 · answer #2 · answered by googie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they think you can pick up some communicable disease over there.
Maybe there is something going around we don't know about.
2007-12-30 12:26:01 · answer #3 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mad Cow Disease. There's no blood test for it yet.
2007-12-30 12:29:46 · answer #4 · answered by DOOM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋