16Feb/15

China’s ‘blood famine’ drives patients to the black market – Reuters UK


Reuters UK

China’s ‘blood famine’ drives patients to the black market
Reuters UK
In the mid-1990s, China started shuttering commercial blood stations and in 1998 it introduced a blood donation law, banning the commercial sale of blood and encouraging voluntary donation. It also tightened rules on plasma collection and increased
China Tapping Black Market For Blood Supply Amid Shortage Of Safe Design & Trend

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16Feb/15

Kovai gives its thumbs up to organ donation – Times of India

Kovai gives its thumbs up to organ donation
Times of India
Are you being stopped at traffic signals often these days? Are you being asked to wait there until a fleet of vehicles comprising ambulances and police vehicle pass by? Chances are that you are helping save someone’s life. Organ donations have become …

16Feb/15

Ariz., YRMC show uptick in organ donations for 2014 – Yuma Sun


Sawyer County Record

Ariz., YRMC show uptick in organ donations for 2014
Yuma Sun
“To be an organ donor a person has to pass away in the hospital because they have to be on a ventilator so that oxygen and blood keeps going to their organs,” said Keidel. “Tissues are viable for donation (independent of a ventilator) for up to 24
Organ donor opportunity on Feb. 21Sawyer County Record

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16Feb/15

Ebola Transparency: Sierra Leone Leads as Liberia Falter > Monro – Front Page Africa


New York Daily News

Ebola Transparency: Sierra Leone Leads as Liberia Falter > Monro
Front Page Africa
Liberia is yet to make public any audit report on the expenditure of Ebola related donations even though Finance Minister Konneh had earlier vowed that the government will ensure an independent audit of all activities. Minister Konneh in time past
Faith bodies’ engagement ‘vital’ for post-Ebola recovery plansEkklesia

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