WHO Plans Coding System to Track Trade in Human Tissue
The World Health Organization plans to create a coding system to track human tissue traded for transplants and ingredients in drugs to secure safety and prevent illegal collection, a source said.
A working group on medical transplantation will hold a meeting in France at the end of August to discuss how to introduce the system, the source, who is a member of the working group, told The Asahi Shimbun.
The working group plans to introduce the system in five years, covering 193 countries. In addition to human tissue, the group intends to use the codes for medical materials and other products derived from human tissue.
The WHO decided that a global coding system is necessary for human tissue in May 2010.
Global demand for human tissue has increased since then, leading to a sharp rise in international trade in human tissue.
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