21May/18

Kenya: Cooperatives Movement Kick-Off Blood Donation Drive – AllAfrica.com

Kenya: Cooperatives Movement Kick-Off Blood Donation Drive
AllAfrica.com
Nairobi — The cooperatives movement has called on Kenyans of goodwill to join them in their annual two-day blood donation drive. The drive, which kicked off on Saturday at the August Seventh Memorial Park is aimed at raising about 2,000 pints of blood

20May/18

‘Widows of Parramatta’ web series promoting organ donation within Arabic community – ABC Online


ABC Online

‘Widows of Parramatta’ web series promoting organ donation within Arabic community
ABC Online
About 1500 Australians are waiting for organ transplants at any one time and that’s despite government figures showing two thirds of Australians are willing to become donors. But the final decision on organ donation rests with the family of a potential

20May/18

‘Look to TN for guidance on organ transplantation’ | Goa News … – Times of India


Times of India

20May/18

In breakthrough, French surgeon builds windpipes from donor aortas – The Japan Times


The Japan Times

In breakthrough, French surgeon builds windpipes from donor aortas
The Japan Times
Martinod struck on the idea of using aortas — the largest artery in the body — from deceased donors to replace damaged sections of trachea, the roughly 10-cm (4-inch) tube of cartilage and tissue that connect the larnyx to bronchial tubes feeding

20May/18

‘This room becomes sacred.’ The heroic and heartbreaking journey of one organ donor’s body – USA TODAY


USA TODAY

‘This room becomes sacred.’ The heroic and heartbreaking journey of one organ donor’s body
USA TODAY
In the morning, the family met with another Indiana Donor Network team, who talked to them about organ donation. Over the course of the day, they had decided to donate the woman’s organs. The woman’s family consented to have an IndyStar photographer …

20May/18

‘Man with the Golden Arm’ makes final blood donation after saving millions of babies – WCNC.com


WCNC.com

‘Man with the Golden Arm’ makes final blood donation after saving millions of babies
WCNC.com
James Harrison has two biological grandkids — and an estimated 2.4 million unofficial godchildren. Last Friday, the Australian man gave his 1,173rd and final blood donation — a practice the 81-year-old has kept up for the past six decades — having