Data from Ministry of Health indicate new record donations of organs in Brazil and sustained growth of transplants. The number of effective donors grew 14% in just one year. In 2010, 1,896 were registered donors against 1,658 the previous year.
With this performance, Brazil reached the historical mark of 9.9 donors per million people (pmp). This increase is due to the strengthening of the national system of transplants (SNT) and the increasing contribution of resources in the
sector.
the national average of donations (9.9 pmp) posted an increase of 13.8% compared to 2009, when the index was 8.7 pmp. In the last seven years, the average annual growth has been of 7%. Some States, such as Santa Catherine eventually and São Paulo, maintain indexes of donations close to those of highly developed countries in the sector, such as Spain and Canada, which maintain medium above 20 donors pmp. The indexes of donations of Santa Catarina and São Paulo are, respectively, 17 and 21
pmp pmp.
the number of solid organ transplants (heart, liver, lung, kidney, pancreas) grew 7% in just one year, following the trend of sustained growth. In the last year, were held in Brazil 6,422 transplants of type, while in 2009 were 5,999. Compared the quantities of solid organ transplants carried out in 2003 and 2010, the growth was 53.12%. In 2003, such procedures were performed 4,194.
Already all solid organs transplantation – recital, tissues (corneas) and cells (bone marrow) – out of 20,253 in 2009 to 21,040 last year. The expansion of the number of transplants in Brazil due to the improvement of procedures for the donation, brain death notifications as early, intensive care, donor and logistics improvements to large financial contribution in the national system of transplants, which has been growing
.
investment from the Ministry of health more than tripled over the past eight years. In 2010, the value reached r $ 1,184 billion. Already in 2003 the investment was r $ 327,85 million. Performance, strengthens the position of Brazil among the largest public systems of transplants around the world. The single health system (SUS) accounts for 95% of organ transplants
solids.
