South Africa has one of the highest incidences of renal failure in Africa. It is estimated that
we now have over 5 000 patients with end-stage renal failure, and more than 2 500 of these …

Africa is underdeveloped in terms of treatment options for patients with end-stage renal
failure. Economic growth and corresponding increases in health expenditures in the African …

Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), occupying about 80% of the African continent is a
heterogeneous region with estimated population of 1.1 billion people in 47 countries. Most …

BACKGROUND Although some of the pioneering work in organ transplantation has
originated in South Africa, the country has an urgent need for improving solid organ …

There are more than 29 countries that have membership of the Middle East Society for
Organ Transplantation (MESOT) with more than 600 million populations. These include all …

TRANSPLANTATION differs between the developed and the developing nations due to
differences in economics and societal attitudes toward organ donation and transplantation …

The experience of sub-Saharan African countries in initiating organ transplant emphasizes
the vast gap in the resources needed to initiate living donor kidney transplantation …

Organ transplantation has progressed tremendously with improvements in surgical methods,
organ preservation, and pharmaco-immunologic therapies and has become a critical …

Organ transplantation is recognized as the criterion for end-stage organ failure. For patients
with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), transplantation represents not only the best clinical …

Background. Kidney transplantation has been performed in South Africa (SA) since 1966.
Transplants were initially limited to public hospitals, and the entry of the private sector …