World Organ Donation Day 2024 - August 13
August 18 , 2024
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- It aims to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation and encourage individuals to consider becoming donors.
- Asper UNOS, about 1,03,993 people need a lifesaving organ transplant.
- Ronald Lee Herrick was the first person to donate his organ.
- In 1954, he denoted his kidney to his twin brother, and Dr Joseph Murray was the doctor who carried out this successful organ transplantation process.
- This year’s slogan is "Be the Reason for Someone's Smile Today!".
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