The Social Determinants of Organ Trafficking: A Reflection of Social Inequity

Authors

  • Debra A. Budiani Coalition for Organ-Failure Solutions (COFS
  • Kabir Karim Country Program Director, Egypt, Coalition for Organ-Failure Solutions (COFS)

Keywords:

Organ Transplants, Organ Trafficking, Social Determinants of Health

Abstract

Organ trafficking has become evident in its global scope and consequences. Poverty, vulnerability, destitution and a system of exploitative transplant practices are social determinants for commercial living organ donation. Guided by the WHO resolution on organ transplants and the Istanbul Declaration, transplant practices can advanced standards of greater social equality rather than exploit social determinants of poverty, vulnerability and destitution by way of exploitative health systems.

Author Biographies

Debra A. Budiani, Coalition for Organ-Failure Solutions (COFS

Debra A. Budiani-Saberi, Ph.D. Executive Director Coalition for Organ-Failure Solutions (COFS) www.cofs.org Visiting Research Associate Center for Bioethics University of Pennsylvania T: +1-330-701-8399 in the U.S. T: +2-012-676-0077 in Egypt F: +1-720-293-0117

Kabir Karim, Country Program Director, Egypt, Coalition for Organ-Failure Solutions (COFS)

Kabir Karim, MPH Country Program Director, Egypt Coalition for Organ-Failure Solutions (COFS)

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Published

2008-12-23

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Themes and Debates

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