Organ Donation Worldwide, Successful Transplantation Models and the Transplant Procurement Management Model (Sponsor: Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg)

Abstract

Transplantation is one of the most used “gold-standard” treatments and is carried out in 111 countries. However, even though there are more than 130 000 solid-organ transplantations performed annually worldwide, there are not sufficient organs available for all patients on the waiting list. Organ donation rates vary widely between countries, with Spain having the highest rate in international comparison

Keywords

Transplantations - Organs - donation