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Argentina Sets New 2025 Records for Organ Donation and Transplants

Health leaders outlined a 2026–2028 transplant strategy to sustain progress during a planned leadership transition.

Overview

  • Official data presented at the federal COFESA meeting show 906 organ donation processes in 2025, surpassing the previous high of 883 in 2019.
  • A total of 4,497 people received transplants, including 2,349 organ transplants and 2,148 cornea procedures, with 1,674 kidney, 463 liver and 124 heart operations.
  • Tissue donation reached 1,242 processes in 2025, up from 1,156 recorded in 2024.
  • INCUCAI chief Carlos Soratti presented the 2026–2028 federal plan and announced his retirement, as COFESA endorsed continuity of the institute’s current team.
  • The Health Ministry launched national dashboards for vaccination logistics and antimicrobial-resistance analysis, and confirmed no local circulation of a new European flu clade with the 2026 flu campaign scheduled for March.