ADVISORY/HHS to Recognize National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week April 24-25 in San Francisco.News Editors & Health/Medical Writers ADVISORY...for April 24-25 --(BW HealthWire) HHS HHS Department of Health and Human Services.
WHAT: Information-sharing sessions will kick-off National
Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week and HHS Secretary
Tommy Thompson's Donation Initiative in Region IX. There
will be information centers available both days for
employees and the public to obtain additional information
and organ/tissue donor cards.
WHO: The San Francisco Regional Offices of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA), in conjunction with
several community organizations*, are hosting public
awareness events about the importance of organ and tissue
donation. The program will feature Reg Green of "The
Nicholas Effect" who will introduce the Nicholas Green
Foundation's new video, "A Child's Gift." There will be
open discussions with Green, a donor family, a recipient
and donation information centers. The Department also will
launch the HHS Marrow Drive, a Workplace Partnership for
Life initiative.
WHEN/ Wednesday, April 24, 2002 Thursday, April 25, 2002
WHERE: 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Information Center Open, Information Center Open,
Lobby Lobby
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Informational Program, Informational Program,
Room 506 Conference Rooms 615A/B
50 United Nations Plaza 75 Hawthorne Street
WHY: -- More than 83,000 Americans are on the national waiting
list for organs, more than 7,000 of whom are in
Northern and Central California.
-- A new name is added to the waiting list every 14
minutes.
-- Sixteen people die every day -- one every two hours --
waiting for organs.
-- There are 2,402 children younger than 18 years old on
the waiting list.
*In conjunction conjunction, in astronomy conjunction, in astronomy, alignment of two celestial bodies as seen from the earth. Conjunction of the moon and the planets is often determined by reference to the sun. with the California Transplant Donor Network Located in Oakland, California, the California Transplant Donor Network (CTDN) is a non-profit, federally designated organ procurement organization that under the adminitration of UNOS facilitates organ recovery and transplantation in the Northern California and Northern Nevada region. (For more information, call 888/570-9400) and Blood Centers of the Pacific (For more information, call the National Marrow Donor Program The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) is a nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that operates the federally funded registry of volunteer hematopoietic cell donors in the United States. These potential donors, numbering more than 6. at 800/526-7809). |
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