Facebook urged to give Universal The Organos-

Although during the 2012 have been made 3 thousand 635 transplants of organs, figures from the National Center of transplantation (CENATRA) indicate that there are more than 16 thousand 500 patients waiting for an operation of this kind, of which about 80% will lose life before receiving intervention.

To reduce the gap and promote the culture of donation, Facebook announced in Mexico a tool that will allow users to include in your profile your decision to become donors.

Daily 509 million people share something on Facebook, today the Mexicans may also announce their desire to become organ and tissue donors. From his timeline may add this information to your profile, allowing to configure the privacy of the decision so that the day of his death, relatives and friends help to accomplish his will.

With around 900 million users worldwide, Facebook can be encouraged the donation of at least 6,000 billion bodies. In Mexico potential is also important since 37 million people have a profile in this social network, each of which has the possibility to save around seven lives.

Sarah Feinberg, Manager Global public policy and communication in Facebook, noted that the initiative is existing in other countries of the world such as United States, United Kingdom and Brazil, for which there are already thousands of users using this tool not only to communicate your desire but to learn more about the donation.

For his part, Jorge Ruiz, director of Facebook Mexico, said that "users can share when, where and why you decided to become donors, while more donors there are more lives will be saved".

Adriana Castro, President and founder of Association Ale, was confident that this campaign will become viral promoting the culture of donation in Mexico, it further requested the authorities raise the health budget to 9% of GDP by assigning a game for this topic, also urged the new legislature to improve the legal framework in the field of donation"join us not just word but with actions";

During the presentation of this initiative, it was explained that one of the most serious problems in the country are diabetes and high blood pressure, both have as a result of kidney damage, in fact because there are 7.5 million patients with kidney disease at different stages, 300 thousand at levels four and five, i.e. very close to a stage that forces them to a transplant.

By the situation Romeo Rodriguez, head of the Coordinating Commission of the national institutes of health and hospitals of specialty, delivered by the prevention to prevent more patients need the donation because he said, "is suffering for the family, for the patient and for the State as a matter of financial and spiritual, therefore have to emphasize prevention"", which is the least expensive and which more help, so we have to educate the doctor to diagnose in time". He noted that while kidney transplant will not be the only promoted from the social network if it is one of the most relevant for the situation in the country.

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