Yesterday I flew home from a busy visit to Brazil, with Mike Rees and Dr. Gustavo Ferreira.
On Wednesday we all traveled to the capital, Brasilia, meeting with government ministries and agencies about how to move kidney exchange forward there.
Our most promising meeting on Wednesday was with the company that organizes the hospitals associated with Brazil's Federal universities. We talked about research possibilities
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Wednesday Aug 7: Brazilian Hospital Services Company |
Our most important meeting was on Thursday with the Ministry of Health We talked about how clinical trials of kidney exchange in Brazil could help guide changes in Brazil's organ transplant laws and regulations.
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Thursday: Brazil Ministry of Health, August 8 2024 |
On Friday we traveled to Juiz de Fora where we participated in a transplant symposium at the Santa Casa hospital there
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