Letter from DICG Co-Chairs
Dear Transplant Community – Greetings on behalf of the DICG,
Last year at this time, as a part of several new initiatives we put out our first DICG newsletter hoping to connect with you and increase awareness of the activities of the DICG. We followed them up with bi-monthly newletters focussing on a wide variety of themes. We hope you found them informative. At the bottom of this newsletter you will find links to previous newsletters. We know we can continue to do more in this effort and will be developing new content in 2022.
2021 was a difficult year. The pandemic impacted transplant programs globally. And while transplant programs were not operating at pre-pandemic levels, the need for lifesaving organ transplant remained. We also saw the continuing challenges of trafficking & unethical transplantation some of it linked to the global migrant crisis and to the financial devastation caused by COVID - 19. We encourage our community to stay vigilant and work together to prevent unethical transplantation.
As always, the DICG remains committed to the transplant community across the globe. We encourage colleagues to reach out if there is any way we can support them in promoting ethical transplantation locally as well as world-wide.
For further information on the DICG & its activities please visit our website www.declarationofistanbul.org
Sincerely,
Eric Rondeau & Sanjay Nagral
DICG Co-Chairs
