[Photo/VCG] Organ procurement organizations must ensure the traceability of organ donors, according to a regulation on procurement and distribution of donated organs released by the top health authority on Monday. OPOs should register information on potential donors in the China Organ Transplant Response System, a computerized platform to share and distribute donated organs while making assessments of the donors, the regulation, released by the National Health Commission, said. OPOs also should establish medical records for organ donors and keep them properly, and the records should include detailed information of the donors, including their personal identity, written consent for organ donation, death records, organ retrieval records, and assessment of the quality of organs acquired, the regulation said. Red Cross staff must witness the procurement of organs and the surgeries to do so can only be performed at medical institutions, the regulation said. All donated organs must be distributed automatically through the China Organ Transplant Response System to ensure fair distribution, it said. The regulation, to be carried in force on March 1, is a revision to one adopted in 2013. Many of the measures specified in the new regulation are already in practice, the National Health Commission said. Last year alone, more than 6,300 people donated organs after death, and more than 20,000 transplant surgeries were performed, it said. custom poker braceletcustom logo wristbandsonline silicone wristband makerevent wristbandssilicone wristbands free shipping
Primary school students eating free lunch provided by the school feeding project, seen here on November 7, 2018, in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. [Photo/VCG] BEIJING - China has created a special committee to implement the country's national nutrition plan, according to the National Health Commission (NHC). Jointly established by NHC and 17 other government departments to coordinate and advance nutrition and health related work, the national nutrition and health committee held its inaugural meeting on Feb. 28 in Beijing, said a source of the NHC. During the meeting, the committee adopted the regulation on its work and the main tasks for 2019 on the national nutrition plan. Among the key jobs are improving food nutrition and health standards that build upon food safety, and establishing subcommittees at local levels to organize nutrition education and training, to conduct pilot programs and spread scientific knowledge in this regard. Innovation will also be encouraged in the efforts, while nutrition intervention will be introduced in the campaign to battle poverty. The national nutrition plan (2017-2030) was released by the General Office of the State Council in July 2017, with the goal of raising awareness of nutrition among the Chinese people, reducing obesity and anemia among students.
