All I want for Christmas is a new heart – 300 on transplant list plead for you to sign up as an organ donor  The Sun

THE greatest gift you could give anyone this year is the gift of life, says the British Heart Foundation. It’s urging people to sign up to become an organ donor and …

True Competition Begins in the Indo-Pacific  The DiplomatIs the Free and Open Indo-Pacific concept about to move into high gear?

Myanmar’s Buddhists block Rohingya Muslims from blood supplies, report says  Washington Post

Internal reports by aid groups say Rohingya must collect their own blood supplies as conditions deteriorate in squalid camps.

4th kidney transplant is best Christmas present for Chesterfield man  Detroit Free PressMichael Gerald got the best Christmas gift – a new lease on life – thanks to a fourth kidney transplant. A state police trooper donated the kidney.

Kidney donor Teresa Dobson breaks down as she meets the man she saved  Sky NewsBy Alan McGuinness, news reporter. An organ donor who gave her kidney to a stranger broke down in tears when she finally met the man whose life she saved.

Kidney donor Teresa Dobson breaks down as she meets the man she saved  Sky NewsTeresa Dobson says it is “just one of those things” she could to help, while recipient Joe Salvatore says he now has “new life”.

Girl with cystic fibrosis is at the top of the national ‘super urgent’ list for a lung transplant  Daily MailRuby Walker, from Angus, Scotland, is at the top of the national ‘super urgent’ list. Her family worry ‘the window of time for her tr…

The inspiring story of two angels on a mission to change the lives of over 13,000 sex workers  YourStoryOn a Sunday in early December, I had a meeting with Shama Karkal, the CEO of Swasthi Health Catalyst (SHC), at Ramamurthynagar (a rapidly …