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The demand for donor organs far outstrips the supply because data is not shared, not all hospitals are equipped to do transplants and the National Health Act is inadequate. Photo: Burger/Phanie /AFP

South Africa needs better policies to deal with the organ donation crisis

The demand for donor organs far outstrips the supply because data is not shared, not all hospitals are equipped to do transplants and the National Health Act is inadequate

Tissue Regeneration Corporation, a bio-engineering high-tech firm in Kish Island, produces synthesis for marrow bone mebranes, tandones and other live membranes. (Photo by Mohsen Shandiz/Corbis via Getty Images)

Tissue engineering facility breathes new life into local biomedical sector

This is the first facility of its kind in the Western Cape and only the third such facility in South Africa

The Wits Communications team: Erna van Wyk, Deborah Minors, Refilwe Mabula, Buhle Zuma, Boniswa Khumalo, Shirona Patel, Schalk Mouton and Lauren Mulligan

Communication Award

The Wits Communications team is committed to making research and science accessible through creative strategies and multiple platforms

Research at Stellenbosch University looks at the link between viral infections and cardiovascular disease.

Don’t harden your heart: Give it and save more than one life

One organ donor can save seven lives and improve the quality of life for 50 more people.

Grateful recipient: Pervaiz Khan

Transplants, tragedy and the true kindness of strangers

Organ donations are rare in SA: donors and the specialists needed to do transplants are few. But awareness increases as more lives are being saved.

Saving baby Zia from a rare disease

A procedure new to SA has allowed a young mother to give part of her liver to save her son.

Organ transplants: Athletes’ true race is against time

Transplantees have gathered in Durban to compete against each other and raise donor awareness.

Organ donation: A fight to survive

With organ donations in SA dipping as low as two per million people many don’t live long enough to find a suitable match, writes Faranaaz Parker.

Spain’s family bonds lie at the heart and soul of great healthcare

Spain leads the world in organ transplants, but its success in the operating theatre is matched by its holistic approach outside.