The federal government will soon launch a national policy on organ transplantation in December 2024.
Daju Kachollom, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health, disclosed this during a stakeholder meeting in Abuja on guidelines for organ donation and transplantation organized by the National Tertiary Health Institutions Standards Committee (NTHISC) alongside other partners.
The Permanent Secretary who was represented by Dr Jimoh Salaudeen, Director of Hospital Services, explained that the ministry has established the NTHISC committee to create guidelines, addressing irregularities and criminal exploitation in organ donation and transplantation in Nigeria.
“The draft guidelines are currently under validation and will proceed to ministerial and presidential approval before becoming official policy.
“The monitoring is to ensure compliance with the policy expected to begin about two months after its launch,” Kachollom said.
Prof. Philip Olayele Abiodun, NTHISC chairman, said the draft of Nigeria’s first organ donation and transplantation guidelines covers critical areas, including ethical standards, kidney and liver transplants, eye and tissue transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, and a chapter addressing gamete and embryo donation, storage, and surrogacy.
Prof. Jacob Awobusuyi, chairman of the NTHISC kidney committee stated that efforts are ongoing to regulate private health facilities to prevent unethical practices in kidney donation and transplantation.
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