Organ Distribution

Mexico and U.S. Make Transplant Pact

Published in Blood Weekly, August 10th, 2000

The U.S. transplant network agreed to share with Mexico its experience in distributing organs, inaugurating an information exchange that officials hope will boost Mexico's less-developed system and help Americans increase Hispanic donations.

The formal agreement, signed in Mexico City, was not necessary from the American point of view, given that the U.S. network regularly shares information with other nations. But Mexican authorities wanted to establish a formal relationship, said Mark Rosenker, a spokesman for the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), which runs the American system for distributing donated hearts, lungs, kidneys, livers, and pancreases.

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Source: Blood Weekly (2000-08-10)

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