According to data from the World Health Organisation, over 130,000 solid organ transplants are performed worldwide annually, a paltry 10 per cent of the global need. Close to 70,000 of these are kidney transplants with about 46 per cent obtained from living donors. Global liver transplants amount to 20,200 annually while 5,400 heart transplants are conducted. In Kenya, the main organ transplants involve kidney and cornea. With no substitute for human tissue, the only way such ones can regain eyesight is through a cornea transplant.

Source: Standard Digital June 07, 2020 17:15 UTC