09Jan/17

New article highlights success of Spanish system in deceased organ donation – News-Medical.net


News-Medical.net

New article highlights success of Spanish system in deceased organ donation
News-Medical.net
Spain is leading the world in deceased organ donation. A new article published in the American Journal of Transplantation contains important information that can help other countries learn from the success of the Spanish system to help address the …
U.S. organ transplants, deceased donors set record in 2016Business Wire (press release)
US organ transplants increased nearly 20% in five yearsKCCI Des Moines
Organ transplants in the US are on the rise, but the reason why means it’s not exactly a public health triumphQuartz
Immortal News –Beacon Transcript
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09Jan/17

How Spain achieved a remarkably high rate of deceased organ donation – EurekAlert (press release)

How Spain achieved a remarkably high rate of deceased organ donation
EurekAlert (press release)
Lead author Rafael Matesanz, MD, PhD, who is the director of ONT, highlighted that “good organization in the process of deceased donation and continuous adaptations of the system to changes are always the basis of successful results in organ donation“.

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09Jan/17

nodetitle: Red Cross issues urgent call for blood donors – The Daily Gazette


The Daily Gazette

nodetitle: Red Cross issues urgent call for blood donors
The Daily Gazette
With quick turn around from donor to recipient, seasonal decline in donations around the holidays, and weather-related blood drive cancellations last month, the Red Cross — which provides about 40 percent of the country’s blood — made an “emergency” …
Uncertainty in blood supply chains creating challenges for industryThe Conversation US

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09Jan/17

Organ donation: Automatic route could work in India – Financial Express


Financial Express

Organ donation: Automatic route could work in India
Financial Express
According to data from Organ India report in 2014, the organ donation rate in India was 0.26 per million in the country—one-hundredth of that of the US and a minuscule proportion of that in Spain (35.3) and Croatia (36.5). Though one reason for this
Over 5000 register for organ donationTimes of India

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09Jan/17

Brave Corinne Hutton has one wish for 2017… that this year she’ll finally get double hand transplant – The Sunday Post


The Sunday Post

Brave Corinne Hutton has one wish for 2017… that this year she’ll finally get double hand transplant
The Sunday Post
Corinne was well past her summer disappointment by the time Organ Donation Week came around in September. And she made the biggest awareness impact for years. She put herself in the hands of a medical illustrator who body-painted all her internal …

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