NBCNews.comSelena Gomez Faced Years Waiting for a New Kidney. Why Is the List so Long?NBCNews.comWhen singer Selena Gomez found out she needed a kidney transplant she discovered the daunting reality: it can take many years before an organ from a deceas…
Letter: Rotary’s support of Be the Match appreciated – New Bern Sun Journal
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Letter: Rotary’s support of Be the Match appreciated
New Bern Sun Journal The remaining 70 percent require an unrelated donor who can make their transplant possible. Because the odds that two random individuals are HLA matched exceeds one in 20,000, a registry’s success depends on a large number of volunteer donors. |
MCG, AU Health participate in first, large NIH-funded study of bone marrow transplant to cure sickle cell disease – EurekAlert (press release)
EurekAlert (press release)MCG, AU Health participate in first, large NIH-funded study of bone marrow transplant to cure sickle cell diseaseEurekAlert (press release)A sibling with an identical tissue match is the preferred transplant donor but well-mat…
What’s at stake during this week’s OECD DAC meetings? – Devex
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What’s at stake during this week’s OECD DAC meetings?
Devex Many donors and aid stakeholders also believe that DAC should introduce a cap on refugee-related ODA spending, to prevent donors raiding their aid budgets to cope with refugee arrivals. Last year, some OECD donors spent more than one-third of ODA on … Donor club set to snub Britain on Caribbean “aid”IRINnews.org |
10331 registered organ donors as at end October – Health Minister Chris Fearne – Malta Independent Online
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10331 registered organ donors as at end October – Health Minister Chris Fearne
Malta Independent Online As of end October, there are 10,331 registered organ donors in Malta and two people who registered not to have any organs donated, Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne said today. An organ donation registry was created after the organ … More than 10000 register as organ donorsTimes of Malta |
Hall blood donation clinic is scrapped – Henley Standard
Hall blood donation clinic is scrappedHenley StandardThe sessions took place at the war memorial hall three times a year and more than 100 people regularly donated blood. They have been scrapped after NHS Blood Donation staff complained that they could…
Heartbroken Sydney parents reveal their little boy’s organs saved five people – Yahoo7 News
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Heartbroken Sydney parents reveal their little boy’s organs saved five people
Yahoo7 News Two heartbroken parents are encouraging people to change the way they think about organ donation after losing their little boy in an accident two weeks ago. Little boy’s organs save five as parents mourn. VIDEO Two heartbroken parents want the death of … |
MHK wants to change organ donation consent laws – Energy FM
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MHK wants to change organ donation consent laws
Energy FM Garff member Martyn Perkins will ask to introduce a bill amending the law about organ donation in this week’s sitting of the House of Keys. Mr Perkins has previously spoken in favour of the Isle of Man bringing in a similar system to Wales, where … |
Eritrea: Seminar On Augmenting Voluntary Blood Donors – AllAfrica.com
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Eritrea: Seminar On Augmenting Voluntary Blood Donors
AllAfrica.com Assab — A seminar with a view to augment voluntary blood donors in the Southern Red Sea region was recently organized in the port city of Assab. The chairman of the voluntary blood donors association in the region, Mr. Ga’as Ahmed indicated that … |
Walking to inspire organ donation – Independent Online
Walking to inspire organ donationIndependent OnlineChester van Zyl, Motlagomang Ndlovu, Fru Nche and Mosa Mphore arrive in Pretoria after walking 80km from Soweto to raise awareness for organ donation. Picture: Thobile Mathonsi/ANA. OUR organ donation …