China to stop using executed prisoners as source of transplant organs
The Guardian
China will stop using executed prisoners as a source of organs for transplants from 1 January, the head of the country’s organ donation committee has said. The move, which has been widely welcomed by human rights groups, will worsen the huge shortfall …
China to stop harvesting executed prisoners’ organsBBC News
​Dying to donate: China will end controversial prisoner organ transplants by …RT
China to Halt Harvesting of Organs from Executed Prisoners for TransplantWall Street Journal
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China to end prisoner organ transplants on Jan. 1
Charlotte Observer
However, China has one of the world’s lowest levels of organ donation because of ingrained cultural attitudes and a legal requirement that family members give consent before organs are donated, even if a person had expressed a desire to donate.

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Organ donation � the gift that really keeps on giving
Bellingham Herald
Nearly 124,000 people are waiting for organ transplants, while millions of people die each year without signing up to be an organ donor. I’m one of those people who’s not signed up – which is crazy considering my mother needed a kidney, my nephew was …

The girl who saved seven lives
Courier Mail
Many of the 50 children waiting for a transplant will die in the next 12 months because of a shortage of organ/tissue donations. Despite improvement, Australia’s organ donation rates are lower than many European countries and we rank 17th in the world.

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Hundreds of patients receive body parts from drug addicts, cancer sufferers …
Daily Mail
Hundreds of patients are being given potentially deadly organs from drug addicts, cancer sufferers and the elderly. At least a quarter of all transplants that took place last year involved ‘high-risk’ organs that could be damaged or infected. One …

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Addenbrooke’s rainbow of flowers is tribute to organ donors
Cambridge News
The gift of organ donation can mean as much to the donor families as it does to the recipient and their families. It gives us all hope.” There will be a formal unveiling of the artwork tomorrow where the artist will be joined by donor families and …

Ohio organ donor gives life to three
The Newark Advocate
In the past decade, more than 2,000 Ohioans awaiting a life-saving organ transplant have died even though more than half of Ohioans are registered donors. As Ohioans look for ways to give during the holiday season, organ donation advocates hope they’ll …

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Tragic death inspires Dromore man’s kidney organ donation
The Ulster Herald
A DROMORE man has issued a heartfelt plea for more people to consider organ donation, after he was inspired to donate a kidney by the family of road accident victim, Kevan Hughes. Martin McCann (63) from Shanmullagh Drive in the town is still …

Saying ‘yes’ to organ donation could be gift to others
Chillicothe Gazette
Right now, more than 123,000 Americans (3,400 Ohioans) are on the National Waiting List for a life-saving organ transplant. Unfortunately, not enough people are registered to fulfill this monumental need. Myths, such as the fear that emergency room …

DMV worker signs up organ donors, then needs one himself
Charlotte Observer
Description: Donate Life NC manages the state’s organ donor registry and works to inspire all North Carolinians to register as organ, eye and tissue donors. Focusing particularly on teen, first-time drivers and residents 50 and older, Donate Life …