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The Varna–Thessaloniki telemedical collaboration in setting up a regional transborder transplantation network

George Anogianakis, George Ilonidis, Antonia Anogeianaki, John Lianguris, Kyriakos Katsaros, Dimitra Pseftogianni, Anelia Klisarova, Temel Temelkov and Constantine Tatsis

Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and Biotrast UETP, Thessaloniki, Greece; 4th Internal Medicine Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Biotrast UETP, Thessaloniki, Greece, Alma Scientifique SA, Brussels, Belgium and Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Biotrast UETP, Thessaloniki, and Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; Biotrast UETP, Thessaloniki, Greece; Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria; Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria; Prefectural Local Authorities of Drama–Kavala–Xanthi, Greece
In most Balkan countries, with the exception of Greece, transplantation is very rare and equality of access does not exist. In 2003, a Balkan partnership was established called SETNET (South-Eastern European Transplantation Network) for the promotion of transplantation. The objectives are to bring about the diffusion of transplantation techniques and practices in the Balkans, to increase public support for and participation in transplantation, and to eliminate the disparities in access to good health-care. SETNET is already beginning to generate data for an analysis of transplantation-related needs in the Balkans and to accelerate cross-border data exchange in transplantation-related emergencies. In the next few years, a regional training programme will be introduced for all health-care staff involved in transplantation. A regional organ procurement and transplantation network will be set up to utilize the existing telemedicine infrastructure. If successful, it will also prove that telemedicine infrastructures, however modest, can be the backbone for other, far-reaching human networks.

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