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In the past, HIV-positive people weren’t allowed to donate their organs. But that could change. (Luis Robayo, AFP)
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What you need to know about SA’s historic liver transplant from an HIV-positive donor

How could a baby get an organ from a person living with HIV and not automatically contract the virus? The experts weigh in.

  • Bhekisisa Team Author
5 min read
Professor Terry Hughes of James Cook University, who leads the surveys of bleached corals, cautioned that while some damaged coral regain their colour within several months, more badly damaged reefs can take a decade to recover. (AFP)
AUSTRALIA

Coral transplant raises hope over the survival of the Barrier Reef

​Coral bred in one part of the Great Barrier Reef was successfully transplanted into another area in a project that could restore damaged ecosystems

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
ORGAN DONORS

Saving baby Zia from a rare disease

A procedure new to SA has allowed a young mother to give part of her liver to save her son.

  • Bhekisisa Team
7 min read
Grateful recipient: Pervaiz Khan
BHEKISISA TEAM

Transplants, tragedy and the true kindness of strangers

Organ donations are rare in SA: donors and the specialists needed to do transplants are few. But awareness increases as more lives are being saved.

  • Bhekisisa Team
15 min read
GERMANY

Patient delighted after world’s first full arm transplants

The world’s only recipient of two full arms in a transplant appeared in public on Wednesday to talk about the success of the procedure.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
GERMANY

German doctors perform world’s first two-arm transplant

A German medical team said on Friday it had performed what it called the world’s first transplant of two full arms.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read