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Legalizing organ transplants in Uganda

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September 22, 2025

In Uganda, a professor is challenging the belief that organ donation conflicts with cultural and spiritual values, by advocating a law that lets people donate their bodies to science in the event of their death. Some have already signed up, hoping to train doctors and advance medical research.

Correction, September 22, 2025: This video contains the incorrect spelling of the name of Dr. Mwaka Erisa Sabakaki. DW apolgizes for the error, and is working to fix it.

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