China introduces voluntary organ donation register
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China's shortage of donor organs, puts Australia's in the shade. Last year the official nationwide number of donations in China fell to just thirty-six, and that's from a population of one-point-three billion. Far more transplant organs in China have been harvested from executed prisoners.Now the Chinese government wants to reduce that number and is setting up a voluntary organ-donation register.
Presenter: Barbara Miller
Speakers: Roseanne rife Amnesty International Deputy Program Director for Asia Pacific, Dr PradeepTaneja University of Melbourne
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