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Here you will find answers to the most common questions related to blood donation, the Stem Cell Registry and the Blood Service.

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Afghanistan

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Albania

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Algeria

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

American Samoa

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Andorra

Between 1.7–30.11, a stay of more than 20 hours in Andorra will result in a donation deferral of 28 days.
The donation deferral is due to a seasonal epidemic of the West Nile virus, and the deferral will begin from the date of return to Finland.

At other times of the year, travelling in Andorra does not constitute a separate obstacle to donating blood.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon–Fri 8–17).
Blood donation

Angola

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Anguilla

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Antigua and Barbuda

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Argentina

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Armenia

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Ascension (UK)

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Australia

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Austria

Travelling in Austria does not generally result in a donation deferral.

Between 1.7–30.11, a stay of more than 20 hours in the eastern areas of the country will result in a donation deferral of 28 days. The donation restriction applies to the area east of the Linz-Graz line. Travelling in Linz and Graz will not result in a donation deferral, but travelling in Vienna will result in a donation deferral.

The donation deferral is due to a seasonal epidemic of the West Nile virus, and the deferral will begin from the date of return to Finland.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon–Fri 8–17).
Blood donation

Azerbaijan

If you have travelled in the malaria-risk area (in the Kur-Arax Lowland between the Kura and Aras rivers), you must wait six months before donating blood. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period. The capital, Baku, and the coastal areas are not malaria-risk areas.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Azores (Portugal)

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Bahamas

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Bahrain

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Bangladesh

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling outside the country’s malaria-risk areas results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in most parts of the Bangladesh, but there is no malaria risk in Dhaka.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Barbados

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Belarus

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Belgium

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

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Belize

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in the Stann Creek District, but there is no risk of malaria in the capital, Belize City, or on the tourist destination islands.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Benin

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Bermuda

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Bhutan

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of Bhutan, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in the capital, Thimphu, or in the north.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Bolivia

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no risk of malaria, for example, in the capital, La Paz, or in the western part bordering Chile.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Botswana

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in the capital, Gaborone, or in the southern parts of the country.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Brazil

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in Rio de Janeiro, Belém, São Paulo, Salvador, the east coast or the Iguazu Falls.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

British Virgin Islands

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Brunei

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Bulgaria

Between 1.7–30.11, a stay of more than 20 hours in Bulgaria will result in a donation deferral of 28 days.
The donation deferral is due to a seasonal epidemic of the West Nile virus, and the deferral will begin from the date of return to Finland.

At other times of the year, travelling in Bulgaria does not constitute a separate obstacle to donating blood.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon–Fri 8–17).
Blood donation

Burkina Faso

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Burundi

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Cambodia

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in most parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap or Angkor Wat.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Kambodža

Blood donation

Cameroon

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Canada

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Canary Islands

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Cap Verde

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in areas such as the Santiago Island and the Boa Vista Island.

There is no malaria risk, for example, on the islands of Brava, Fogo, Maio, Sal, Santa Luzia, Santo Antão, São Nicolau or São Vicente.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Cayman Islands

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Central African Republic

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Chad

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Channel Islands

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Chile

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

China

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Christmas Island

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Colombia

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Comoros

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Congo

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Cook Islands

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Costa Rica

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in the capital, San José, or in the Pacific coastal region.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Croatia

Between 1.7–30.11, a stay of more than 20 hours in Croatia will result in a donation deferral of 28 days.
The donation deferral is due to a seasonal epidemic of the West Nile virus, and the deferral will begin from the date of return to Finland.

At other times of the year, travelling in Croatia does not constitute a separate obstacle to donating blood.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon–Fri 8–17).
Blood donation

Cuba

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Cyprus

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Czech Republic

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Zaire

Blood donation

Denmark

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Djibouti

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Dominica

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Dominican Republic

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment. Malaria occurs in most parts of the Dominican Republic.

There is no risk of malaria in beach resorts in Atlantic north coast from Puerto Plata to Miches and travelling there results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)

Blood donation

East Timor

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Ecuador

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in Quito, Guayaquil or other mountain towns in the Andes or on the Galápagos Islands.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Egypt

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

El Salvador

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in the areas bordering Guatemala and Honduras, but there is no risk of malaria, for instance, in San Salvador, the country’s capital.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Equatorial Guinea

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Eritrea

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk in Asmara.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Estonia

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Ethiopia

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in most parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in Addis Ababa.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Faeroe

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Fiji

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

France

Travelling in France does not generally result in a donation deferral.

Between 1.7–30.11, a stay of more than 20 hours in the southern areas of the country will result in a donation deferral of 28 days. The donation deferral applies to the La Rochelle-Grenoble line and from there due east to the Italian border. The restriction also applies to the cities of La Rochelle and Grenoble.

The donation deferral is due to a seasonal epidemic of the West Nile virus, and the deferral will begin from the date of return to Finland.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon–Fri 8–17).
Blood donation

French Guiana

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in most parts of the country. There is no risk of malaria in the capital, Cayenne, or on Devil’s Island.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Gabon

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Gambia

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Georgia

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in Tbilisi or the Black Sea coast.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Germany

Travelling in Germany does not generally result in a donation deferral.

Between 1.7–30.11, a stay of more than 20 hours in the northeastern areas of the country will result in a donation deferral of 28 days. The donation deferral applies to an area east of the Rostock-Magdeburg-Hof line. The donation deferral does not apply to these cities, but it does apply to Berlin.

The donation deferral is due to a seasonal epidemic of the West Nile virus, and the deferral will begin from the date of return to Finland.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon–Fri 8–17).
Blood donation

Ghana

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Gibraltar

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Greece

Travelling in Greece does not generally result in a donation deferral.

Between 1.7–30.11, a stay of more than 20 hours in Greece will result in a donation deferral of 28 days.
The donation deferral is due to a seasonal epidemic of the West Nile virus, and the deferral will begin from the date of return to Finland. The WNV risk areas are: Mainland Greece (including the Peloponnese peninsula and the island of Euboea).

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon–Fri 8–17).
Blood donation

Greenland

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Grenada

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Guadeloupe

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Guam

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Guatemala

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in large parts of the country, but there is no risk of malaria in Guatemala City, Antigua or the areas surrounding Lake Atitlán.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Guinea

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Guinea-Bissau

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Guyana

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Haiti

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Honduras

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in the capital, Tegucigalpa, or San Pedro Sula.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Hongkong (China)

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Hungary

Between 1.7–30.11, a stay of more than 20 hours in Hungary will result in a donation deferral of 28 days.
The donation deferral is due to a seasonal epidemic of the West Nile virus, and the deferral will begin from the date of return to Finland.

At other times of the year, travelling in Hungary does not constitute a separate obstacle to donating blood.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon–Fri 8–17).
Blood donation

Iceland

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

India

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in most parts of the country, but there is no risk of malaria in the mountainous regions of the north (in the regions of Jammu and Kashmir and the states of Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim).

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Indonesia

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in Jakarta, other megalopolises of the Java Island, the tourist destinations in Bali and Java, the large cities on the island of Borneo or on the Bintan Island (off the coast of Singapore).

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Iran

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in the southern parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in Tehran.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Blood donation

Iraq

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in the northern and north-eastern parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in Bagdad.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Ireland

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Isle of man

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Israel

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Italy

Between 1.7–30.11, a stay of more than 20 hours in Italy will result in a donation deferral of 28 days.
The donation deferral is due to a seasonal epidemic of the West Nile virus, and the deferral will begin from the date of return to Finland.

At other times of the year, travelling in Italy does not constitute a separate obstacle to donating blood.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon–Fri 8–17).
Blood donation

Ivory Coast

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Jamaica

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Japan

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Jemen

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in most parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in Sana’a.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Jordan

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Kazakhstan

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Kenya

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Kiribati

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Kosovo

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Kuwait

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Kyrgyzstan

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Laos

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in most parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in Vientiane.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Latvia

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Lebanon

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Lesotho

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Liberia

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Libya

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Liechtenstein

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Lithuania

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Living abroad

Since residing abroad outside the European area for longer periods of time is associated with greater risk of contracting infectious diseases that normally do not occur in Finland than short trips, blood donors need to have lived in Finland or some other EU or EFTA country or in the UK for at least three months prior to donation.

Do you want more information? Please call the free information number for blood donors at 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm).

Blood donation

Long flights

Before taking a long flight, a blood donor needs to have restored his or her fluid balance. Therefore a long (such as an intercontinental) flight cannot be recommended within less than 24 hours from blood donation. Airlines and aviation organisations often have much stricter rules than this concerning the air crew.

Do you want more information? Please call the free information number for blood donors at 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm).

Blood donation

Luxembourg

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Macau (China)

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Madagascar

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Malaria

Travelling in an area where malaria is endemic prevents you from donating blood for six months after returning from the trip and ending the course of antimalarial drugs. Antimalarial drug therapy that is started in Finland before the trip to a malaria risk area does not prevent donation.

Areas where according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) occurs malaria infections are considered to be malaria endemic areas. The list includes also areas where taking antimalarial drugs may not be recommended to travelers. Persons diagnosed with malaria are not eligible to donate blood for a minimum period of three years after the infection.

We will take a blood sample to test for malaria antibodies at the blood donation in the following situations:

  • blood donor, who has been diagnosed and treated with malaria infection (test can been taken earliest after three years of recovery)
  • first time blood donor, if she/he has lived under the age of five years in a malaria risk country
  • blood donor who has lived under the age of five years in a malaria risk country and it has visited a malaria risk area during the last three years (test can be taken earliest after six months of the last visit)

We will contact you donor if the test result is positive. A positive test result leads to a permanent deferral from blood donation.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for blood donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Malawi

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Malaysia

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country (e.g. the island of Borneo), but there is no risk of malaria in places such as Kuala Lumpur, George Town, Penang, Langkawi, or the coastal resorts of the Malay Peninsula or the small islands nearby.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Maldives

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Mali

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Malta

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Marshall Islands

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Martinique

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Mauritania

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in most parts of the country, but there is no risk of malaria in the very northernmost parts of the country near the Moroccan border (in the regions of Dakhlet Nouadhibou and Tiris Zemmour).

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Mauritius

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Mayotte

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Mexico

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in the tourist destinations on the Yucatán Peninsula or in Mexico City.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Micronesia

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Moldova

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Monaco

Between 1.7–30.11, a stay of more than 20 hours in Monaco will result in a donation deferral of 28 days.
The donation deferral is due to a seasonal epidemic of the West Nile virus, and the deferral will begin from the date of return to Finland.

At other times of the year, travelling in Monaco does not constitute a separate obstacle to donating blood.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon–Fri 8–17).
Blood donation

Mongolia

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Montenegro

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Montserrat

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Morocco

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Mozambique

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Myanmar

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in most parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in Rangoon (Yangon) or Mandalay.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Burma

Blood donation

Namibia

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk in the southern parts of the country, such as Windhoek, Swakopmund or Walvis Bay.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Nepal

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no risk of malaria in the cities of Kathmandu and Pokhara or along the hiking trails in the Himalayas.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Netherlands

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Netherlands Antilles

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months. Would you like more information?

Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St Maarten, St Eustatius

Blood donation

Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St Maarten, St Eustatius)

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period.

Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

New Caledonia

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

New Zealand

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Nicaragua

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk in Managua, the country’s capital.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Niger

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Nigeria

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Niue

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Norfolk Island

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

North Korea

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in the area bordering South Korea, but there is no malaria risk in other parts of the country.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

North Macedonia

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Northern Mariana Islands

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Norway

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Oman

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Pakistan

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Palau

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Panama

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in Panama City, the regions by the Panama Canal or Santa Clara.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Papua New Guinea

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Paraguay

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Peru

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no risk of malaria, for example, in the capital, Lima, the entire coastal region, Cusco, Machu Picchu, Puno, Lake Titicaca or the area surrounding the Inca Trail.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Philippine Islands

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in the capital, Manila, other large cities or on some of the islands.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Pitcairn

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Poland

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Polynesia

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Portugal and Madeira

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Puerto Rico

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Qatar

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Réunion

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Romania

Between 1.7–30.11, a stay of more than 20 hours in Romania will result in a donation deferral of 28 days.
The donation deferral is due to a seasonal epidemic of the West Nile virus, and the deferral will begin from the date of return to Finland.

At other times of the year, travelling in Romania does not constitute a separate obstacle to donating blood.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon–Fri 8–17).
Blood donation

Russia

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Rwanda

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Saint Helena (and Ascension)

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Saint Lucia

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Saint Martin

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Samoa

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

San Marino

Between 1.7–30.11, a stay of more than 20 hours in San Marino will result in a donation deferral of 28 days.
The donation deferral is due to a seasonal epidemic of the West Nile virus, and the deferral will begin from the date of return to Finland.

At other times of the year, travelling in San Marino does not constitute a separate obstacle to donating blood.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon–Fri 8–17).
Blood donation

São Tomé and Principe

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Saudi Arabia

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in the south-western parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in Riyadh, Jeddah, Medina or Mecca.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Senegal

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Serbia

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Seychelles

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Sierra Leone

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Singapore

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Slovakia

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Slovenia

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Solomon Islands

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Somalia

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

South Africa

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in most parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria or in the coastal regions in the south.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

South Korea

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in the provinces bordering North Korea, but there is no risk of malaria in other parts of the country or in Seoul. Passing through or spending a night in the city of Incheon or in the airport area does not prevent blood donation.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

South Sudan

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Spain

Travelling in Spain does not generally result in a donation deferral.

Between 1.7–30.11, a stay of more than 20 hours in mainland of Spain will result in a donation deferral of 28 days.
The donation deferral is due to a seasonal epidemic of the West Nile virus, and the deferral will begin from the date of return to Finland.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon–Fri 8–17).
Blood donation

Sri Lanka

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Sudan

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Suriname

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in most parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk in the capital, Paramaribo, or in the destinations on the coast.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Swaziland

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Sweden

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Switzerland

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

Blood donation

Syria

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in Damascus or on the Mediterranean coast.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Taiwan

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Tajikistan

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Tanzania

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Thailand

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in rural areas and jungles across the country. The risk is the highest in the woody border areas near the borders of Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia and Laos, and in the Khao Sok National Park. In addition, the Ko Chang Island is a malaria-risk area.

There is no risk of malaria in most package holiday destinations or in the large cities, including the following destinations: Bangkok, Cha-am, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Hua Hin, Khao Lak, Koh Samet, Ko Tapu (James Bond Island), Krabi, Pattaya, Phuket Province, Ko Phi Phi Le (the island made famous by Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rayong.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

The Republic of Laughter

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Timor-Leste (East Timor)

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Togo

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Tokelau

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Tonga

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

Blood donation

Travelling

Travelling and living abroad can affect when you can donate blood.

  • Blood donors must have lived in Finland, another EU or EFTA country, or the UK for at least three months.
  • During the epidemic season of the West Nile virus 1.7.–30.11. (over 20 hours’ stay) in parts of Central and Southern Europe, travel is subject to a 28-day waiting period for donating blood starting from the return date. Search for a country by name.
  • Travelling outside the EU/EFTA countries and the United Kingdom incurs a deferral of at least 28 days.
  • Visiting an area with a risk of malaria results in a six-month deferral. Read more about malaria and blood donation.
  • An airport layover (of less than 20 hours) during which you do not leave the airport area will not incur a deferral.

The risk of infection increases with the duration and distance of the trip. The further away you are from your familiar environment, and the longer your stay, the greater the risk of contracting infections that do not occur in Finland. Some of these infections may cause very minor or no symptoms at all in the donor, but they may pose a risk to the recipient of the blood product.

Check whether your next donation will be subject to a deferral after your trip. Search for a country by name.

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Trinidad and Tobago

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Tunisia

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Turkey

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Turkmenistan

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Tuvalu

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Uganda

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Ukraine

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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United Arab Emirates

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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United Kingdom

No obstacle to blood donation due to travelling or living in the country. Welcome to donate blood!

See also: Living in the British Isles between 1980 and 1996

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United States of America

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Uruguay

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Uzbekistan

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Vanuatu

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Vatican City

Between 1.7–30.11, a stay of more than 20 hours in Vatican City will result in a donation deferral of 28 days.
The donation deferral is due to a seasonal epidemic of the West Nile virus, and the deferral will begin from the date of return to Finland.

At other times of the year, travelling in Vatican City does not constitute a separate obstacle to donating blood.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon–Fri 8–17).
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Venezuela

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in most parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in the capital, Caracas, or on the Caribbean islands.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Vietnam

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in some parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk in the large cities such as Hanoi, Haiphong, Da Nang, Di An, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Hội An, Nha Trang, Phan Thiet and Quy Nhon. There is also no risk of malaria in the deltas of the Red River and Mekong rivers, or in the beach resorts on the east coast south of Da Nang towards the Mekong Delta.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

 

Blood donation

Virgin Islands (US)

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Wake Island

Travel results in a 28-day donation deferral period. Living in the country results in a three-month donation deferral period. Living in the country means spending more than three months in the country in the past six months.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Zambia

Travelling and living in the country results in a 6-month donation deferral period as malaria occurs throughout the country. The donation deferral period begins from the date of return from the country or the date when you ended your anti-malaria medication treatment.

Everyone who lived in the country as a child (under the age of 5) is tested for antibodies to malaria in a blood test when they come to donate blood for the first time.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Would you like more information? Please call the free information number for donors on 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

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Zimbabwe

If you have recently travelled in a malaria-risk area, please wait six months before donating blood after returning to Finland. Travelling elsewhere in the country results in a 28-day donation deferral period.

Malaria occurs in most parts of the country, but there is no malaria risk, for example, in Harare, the country’s capital.

Read more about blood donation and malaria-risk areas.

Please get in touch if you need more information: 0800 0 5801 (Mon to Fri from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).