title: Consummation of the legislative map of transplantation in Latin America: Law on Donation and Transplantation Nicaragua--the last piece of the puzzle.
abstract: Latin America started its transplant activity early-as soon as the first transplants in the world took place. Its member states have created their laws of donation and transplantation also. The first laws for transplants in the region were created in Brazil in 1963. Subsequently, all states approved its regulatory framework for transplants. Until 2012, Nicaragua was the only country in the region that did not have a transplants law. In October 2013, Nicaragua adopted the "Law on Donation and Transplantation of Organs, Tissues and Cells for Human Beings," which consummates the process that creates the legal framework for donation and transplantation in Latin America, a journey of 50 years' duration, from Brazil's law to Nicaragua's law. This achievement is the fundament for searching an exercise of transplantation in a ground of accessibility, equity, ethics, and transparency as part of comprehensive health care services in the region.
authors.affiliation: Kidney Transplant Service, Nephro-Urology Department, Manuel de Jesus Rivera Hospital, Managua, Nicaragua. Electronic address: alexisgarcialop@hotmail.com.
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authors.lastname: García López
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America; D009527:Nicaragua; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000941:ethics / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000941:ethics / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence