21Dec/17

Marrakech Race to Promote Organ Donation – Morocco World News


Morocco World News

Marrakech Race to Promote Organ Donation
Morocco World News
Rabat – “Running to save lives!” is the new slogan of Marrakech’s Mohammed V University Hospital Center, which wants to promote organ donation in Morocco. The hospital is holding this Sunday its first 7-kilometer race under the theme “I run, I support
Hospitals promoting organ donation to all its staff, patients and visitorsChampion Newspapers

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21Dec/17

CUK’s Blood Donation Camp: VC Appreciates donors – Kashmir Life


Kashmir Life

CUK’s Blood Donation Camp: VC Appreciates donors
Kashmir Life
Central University’s Directorate of Students Welfare (DSW) and Health Centre on Thursday organised a blood donation camp at CUK’s, Nowgam-I academic block, in collaboration with the Department of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Government Medical

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21Dec/17

We like to think the rules guiding organ transplant eligibility are fair … – CBC.ca


CBC.ca

We like to think the rules guiding organ transplant eligibility are fair …
CBC.ca
Exclusion criteria leave room for considerable discretion. Stereotypes based on social status, gender and race could play into a health care practitioner’s conclusion that a person lacks sufficient social support to ensure adherence to follow-up care

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21Dec/17

30 years on, Northern Ireland mum given Christmas gift of life, thanks to kidney donor – Belfast Telegraph


Belfast Telegraph

30 years on, Northern Ireland mum given Christmas gift of life, thanks to kidney donor
Belfast Telegraph
Noreen is now an organ donation campaigner and has been raising awareness of the importance of carrying donor cards. She continued: “The person whose kidney I have gave me my life back and there are no words. I look at my family and without that person

21Dec/17

Reindeer’s blood donation saves his brother’s life – Futurity – Futurity: Research News


Futurity: Research News

Reindeer’s blood donation saves his brother’s life – Futurity
Futurity: Research News
In dire condition due to a tick-borne disease, Little Buddy the reindeer wouldn’t have survived without help from his brother Moose.

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21Dec/17

Consenting to HIV-positive organ donation in the USA: legal and ethical considerations in comparison with a South … – Dove Medical Press

Consenting to HIV-positive organ donation in the USA: legal and ethical considerations in comparison with a South …
Dove Medical Press
Finally, the HIV-positive deceased donors in South Africa are often young trauma victims where HIV is diagnosed at the time of death and the patient is naïve to antiretroviral therapy (ART). In general, South Africa has very low ART resistance rates