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 and living in the country results in a three-month 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.).