WHO Guiding Principles on Human Cell, Tissue and Organ Transplantation [Link]

Human organ and tissue transplantation

The Sixty-third World Health Assembly,

Having considered the report on human organ and tissue transplantation;¹

Recalling resolutions WHA40.13, WHA42.5 and WHA44.25 on organ procurement and transplantation and WHA57.18 requesting an update of the Guiding Principles on Human Organ Transplantation;

Aware of the growing magnitude and utility of human cell, tissue and organ transplantation for a wide range of conditions in low-resource as well as high-resource countries;

WHO GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON HUMAN CELL, TISSUE AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION¹

PREAMBLE

1. As the Director-General’s report to the Executive Board at its Seventy-ninth session pointed out, human organ transplantation began with a series of experimental studies at the beginning of the twentieth century. The report drew attention to some of the major clinical and scientific advances in the field since Alexis Carrel was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1912 for his pioneering work. Surgical transplantation of human organs from deceased, as well as living, donors to sick and dying patients began after the Second World War. Over the past 50 years, the transplantation of human organs, tissues and cells has become a worldwide practice which has extended, and greatly enhanced the quality of, hundreds of thousands of lives. Continuous improvements in medical technology, particularly in relation to organ and tissue rejection, have led to an increase in the demand for organs and tissues, which has always exceeded supply despite substantial expansion in deceased organ donation as well as greater reliance on donation from living persons in recent years.

W środę, 16 czerwca 2010 r. w Mazowieckim Urzędzie Wojewódzkim w Warszawie minister zdrowia Ewa Kopacz wzięła udział w podpisaniu listu intencyjnego- Partnerstwo dla Transplantologii.

Niewystarczająca liczba dawców narządów w województwie mazowieckim stwarza zagrożenie dla bezpieczeństwa zdrowotnego obywateli na jego terenie. Zwiększeniu liczby dokonywanych przeszczepów oraz uzyskaniu społecznego poparcia dla idei dawstwa służy program Partnerstwo dla Transplantacji.