Israeli Pride: The altruistic kidney donation revolution in Israel has gained much momentum in recent years, and now it is also becoming a world name.
According to a recent report by the GODT, which operates on behalf of the World Health Organization and the ONT of Spain, in order to collect global data on organ and transplant donations, Israel is the world leader in the field of kidney donations from animals in 2020, and probably continues to top the list in 2021, in light of the positive data from the field of kidney donations in Israel.
According to the report, in 2019 Israel was in fourth place, and in 2009, before the "Matanat Chaim" association was established, which has been leading the promotion of the issue for the past decade, Israel was in 28th place.
The report, which covers 194 countries around the world, shows that Israel reaches first place in kidney donations from animals in 2020, in relation to the volume of donations compared to the number of residents in the country
. Leads the field of encouraging kidney donations from animals. Additional kidney donors have donated through the National Transplant Center. Israel breaks its own record in the field of kidney donations every year, and is even a world leader in this field.
The Israeli revolution in the field of altruistic kidney donations in Israel began in 2009 with the late Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Haber, who himself needed a kidney donation after contracting kidney disease. Since then, every year the number of kidney donations has skyrocketed and steadily rising.
Rebbetzin Rachel Haber, chair of Matanat Chaim, says that "Israel is a light to the whole world.
When my husband started encouraging people to donate kidneys, they thought he was out of his mind.
Unfortunately - my husband, who founded, initiated and led this great revolution, got rid of Corona, but we continue to see the fruits of his investment over the years.
"We continue in our vision and dream to completely eliminate the waiting list for kidney donations, in the hope that Israel will be the first country in the world where there is no need to wait for a kidney donation."
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