The Federal Government is set to launch national policies and guidelines on organ transplants.

The move was revealed by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor ALI PATE during the Living Kidney Donor Day event in Abuja.

Prof. PATE, who was represented by the Head of the Trauma and Emergency Disaster Response Division, Department of Hospital Services, KAMIL SHORETIRE, noted that 843.6 million persons around the globe were suffering from chronic kidney diseases as of 2017.

He added that in Nigeria, the leading causes of kidney disease are high blood pressure, hypertension, diabetes, and infection causing inflammation in the kidneys which can be caused by several other agents.

The Minister stated that new national guidelines on organ transplants would soon be introduced while expressing concerns about the increasing cases of kidney problems and unethical practices in organ transplants in the country.