Updates

The following table lists all updates to Edition 002 of the Geographical Disease Risk Index (GDRI). The linked Change Notification documents were issued to the UK Blood and Tissue Services (UKBTS) to indicate upcoming changes.

Please note that the dates listed below indicate the formal publication of updated guidelines on the website. The implementation of these guideline changes is the responsibility of each UKBTS and may vary accordingly.

For changes pending publication, see Upcoming changes to the guidelines.

Change number	Title	Updated	Guidelines affected	Release
Change notification number 04-2024	Title Updates in the GDRI (PDF only, 289KB)	Update date 4 April 2024	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 43
Change notification number 02-2024	Title Tropical Virus Risks in the GDRI (PDF only, 1.11MB)	Update date 5 February 2024	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 42
Change notification number 34-2023	Title France, Italy and Spain (WNV and Dengue) (PDF only, 2.69MB)	Update date 23 October 2023	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 41
Change notification number 32-2023	Title France (WNV and Dengue) (PDF only, 574KB)	Update date 16 August 2023	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 40
Change notification number 26-2023	Title Malaria (PDF only, 207KB)	Update date 4 July 2023	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 39
Change notification number 08-2023	Title Cuba (PDF only, 160KB)	Update date 9 May 2023	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 38
Change notification number 09-2023	Title Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (PDF only, 192KB)	Update date 9 May 2023	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 38
Change notification number 01-2023	Title France (PDF only, 502KB)	Update date 31 January 2023	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 37
Change notification number 05-2023	Title Uganda (PDF only, 185KB)	Update date 31 January 2023	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 37
Change notification number 60-2022	Title France (Dengue Risk) (PDF only, 203KB)	Update date 21 September 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 36
Change notification number 47-2022	Title Eswatini (PDF only, 83KB)	Update date 30 August 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 35
Change notification number 42-2022	Title Thailand (PDF only, 194KB)	Update date 21 July 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 34
Change notification number 18-2022	Title Congo (PDF only, 110KB)	Update date 26 April 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 33
Change notification number 23-2022	Title Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (PDF only, 100KB)	Update date 26 April 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 33
Change notification number 24-2022	Title China (PDF only, 83KB)	Update date 26 April 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 33
Change notification number 32-2022	Title Netherlands (PDF only, 82KB)	Update date 26 April 2022	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 33
Change notification number 32-2021	Title Guinea (PDF only, 493KB)	Update date 10 August 2021	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 32
Change notification number 33-2021	Title Dengue (PDF only, 487KB)	Update date 10 August 2021	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 32
Change notification number 34-2021	Title Malaria Free Countries (PDF only, 501KB)	Update date 10 August 2021	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 32
Change notification number 09-2021	Title Tropical Virus Risk (PDF only, 430KB)	Update date 29 April 2021	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 31
Change notification number 10-2021	Title Malaria in India and South Africa (PDF only, 942KB)	Update date 29 April 2021	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 31
Change notification number 59-2020	Title Venezuela (PDF only, 453KB)	Update date 21 January 2021	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 30
Change notification number 68-2020	Title Tropical Virus Risk (PDF only, 369KB)	Update date 21 January 2021	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 30
Change notification number 63-2020	Title Netherlands (PDF only, 488KB)	Update date 10 November 2020	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 29
Change notification number 62-2020	Title Netherlands (PDF only, 519KB)	Update date 20 October 2020	Guidelines affected Geographical index	Release number 28