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National Trends and Services: Linkages to Life
View the organ donation video
Linkages to Life: Organ Tissue and Bone Marrow Donation Awareness Program is a national program sponsored by The Links, Incorporated,
a not-for-profit organization of more than 12,000 women of color.
Fifty years ago, an organ transplant was a rare and risky procedure. Now more than 25,000 organ transplants are performed each year,
and many transplant recipients are able to return to normal, active
lives because of modern surgical techniques and drug therapies. But
the supply of donated organs lags far behind the need, and 100,000
people die every year waiting for a transplant.
This need is especially great in the African American community.
Through Linkages to Life, an annual church-based initiative, The Links,
Incorporated and Roche are working together to get people thinking
about organ, tissue and bone marrow donation and the difference
each of us can make in saving lives.
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