Transplantation - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jun 9, 2007 · Organ transplantation is often the best if not the only treatment for acute and chronic organ failure. Non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and arterial hypertension, combined with various social determinants such as alcoholism and obesity, may lead to chronic kidney disease and liver cirrhosis.
WHO proposes global agenda on transplantation
Mar 30, 2007 · This week, at the second Global Consultation on Transplantation the World Health Organization (WHO) presented countries and other stakeholders with a blueprint for updated global guiding principles on cell, tissue and organ donation and transplantation.Those principles aim to address a number of problems: the global shortage of human materials - particularly …
Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly – Daily update: 30 May …
May 30, 2024 · Transplantation is a life-saving treatment. The latest data of 2022 from the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation indicate that more than 150 000 solid organ transplants (≤ 10% of global needs) are performed worldwide annually, which is an increase of 52% compared with 2010.
Transplantation - World Health Organization (WHO)
Transplantation of human cells, tissues or organs saves many lives and restores essential functions where ...
Ethics, access and safety in tissue and organ transplantation
Mar 29, 2004 · Overview . This document provides an account of the points discussed and the conclusions reached at a consultation on the ethical, access, and safety issues in tissue and organ transplantation held by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Madrid on 6 …
Global Glossary on Donation and Transplantation
Jun 9, 2007 · Overview . The lack of a globally recognized terminology and definitions as well as the need for a uniform collection of data and information for the Global Database on Donation and Transplantation (1 ), triggered off the unification of terms and basic definitions on cell, tissue and organ donation and transplantation in order to create a Global Glossary.
Meeting to establish the China National Organ Procurement …
Aug 22, 2015 · In December 2014 the National Organ Donation and Transplantation Committee declared a complete eradication of the use of death-row inmates organs for transplantation. This landmark decision paves a way for China to build a transplantation system based on voluntary community-based deceased organ donation as the only legitimate organ source for ...
Human Cell and Tissue for Transplantation). Retrieval (Recovery): The procedure of removing organs, tissues or cells from a donor. It was suggested to say recovery as well. Cross Match Compatibility for Organ Transplantation: Absence of recipient antibodies to HLA antigens present on the transplant organ.
Antimicrobial resistance - World Health Organization (WHO)
Sep 19, 2024 · Without effective antimicrobials for prevention and treatment of infections, medical procedures such as organ transplantation, caesarean sections, cancer chemotherapy and diabetes management become challenging. Microorganisms that develop resistance to antimicrobials are sometimes referred to as “superbugs”. AMR is a global concern
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) - World Health …
Apr 13, 2023 · Blood screening is vital to avoid infection through transfusion and organ transplantation. Screening and diagnosis in pregnant women and their children are essential control measures. Chagas disease is named after Carlos Justiniano Chagas , a Brazilian doctor, who discovered the disease in 1909.