WUTBA - World Union of Tissue Banking Associations

04/10/2023

ISODP 2023 - ORGAN DONATION CONGRESS
October 18, 2023 – October 21, 2023
📍 Mandalay Bay Resort (Las Vegas)

Did you know? At the International Society for Organ Donation and Procurement’s (ISODP) 2023 Organ Donation Congress there will be a single day dedicated to tissue donation. Learn innovative, best practices from leaders in the tissue donation community and even have the chance to participate in an interactive, hands-on wet lab experience. Learn more and get registered at: https://www.isodp2023.org/

05/09/2023

SAVE THE DATE: AATB Annual Meeting 2023
September 17-20, 2023 | National Harbor, MD

The 2023 AATB Annual Meeting is devoted to providing extensive opportunities for tissue banking professionals from all generations to network, collaborate, and align for the future.

Under the captivating theme of "Aligning for the Future," the 2023 AATB Annual Meeting offers a dynamic platform for attendees to connect with colleagues and partners within the tissue industry. It serves as a catalyst for exploring new ways to work together, share knowledge, and embrace innovative strategies that shape the future of tissue banking.

➡️ More information: https://www.aatb.org/2023-aatb-annual-meeting

23/08/2023

+++ WUTBA is happy to announce their new GUIDE on How to Establish Tissue Donation and Banking. +++

For those who wish to establish tissue donation activities in their country or area, the WUTBA guide intends to provide a practical approach and key steps to take on the way to establish donation activities and tissue banking operating models.

Tissue donation, tissue banking services, and transplantation must be underpinned by realistic funding and cost recovery financial models that promote self-sustainability with a patient centred approach.

The WUTBA Guide will support effective and objective evaluation of cost and benefit and setting priorities to address identified needs. It facilitates targeted regional consultations and supports to agree on resources and the delivery of outputs.

Thanks to WUTBA, DGFG - Netzwerk für Gewebemedizin and SightLife for creating the guidance document in a joint effort! 👏

➡️ DOWNLOAD WUTBA GUIDE (2023): https://www.wutba.org/news/2023/8/23/wutba-guide-how-to-establish-tissue-donation-and-banking

01/08/2023

This 23rd August, the eye and tissue community continues its ‘Call to Action’ to address Eye and Tissue Banking – and corneal blindness in Africa, at the Mombasa COECSA Congress.👁

COECSA Congress Delegates can register for our event – seats limited.

We salute our Global Community for making this event possible: College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central &Southern Africa; Eye Bank Association of Australia and New Zealand Eye Bank Association of India; Global Alliance of Eye Banks - GAEBA; Lions Clubs International Eye Bank Working Group; Ophthalmological Society of Kenya; South African Tissue Bank Association; WUTBA - World Union of Tissue Banking Associations; Centre for Eye Research Australia; Queensland Tissue Bank; DGFG - Netzwerk für Gewebemedizin; Dr Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital; Bone SA; Vitanova; Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority; Mbarara University of Science and Technology-Official; Advancing Sight Network; Miracles In Sight; Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin; Sightlife International; HCP Cureblindness.

We also send a big thank you to our hosts, organisers and presenters: Fredrick Korir, Amberin Fazal, Angela Meric Birungi, Anna Salz, Agire Evens, Anurag Taneja, April Gilbert, Elese Draheim, Evelynn Chege, Heather Machin, Ingrid Schunder, Manisha Acharya, Martin Börgel, Maryanne Mwangi, Mike Tramber, Moji Mogari, Patrick Emery, Rakhi Nathawat, Sandra Venter, Josie Noah, Stacey Troha.

28/07/2023

This 23rd August, the eye and tissue community continues its ‘Call to Action’ to address Eye and Tissue Banking – and corneal blindness in Africa, at the Mombasa COECSA Congress.

➡️ COECSA Congress Delegates can register for our event – seats limited.

Thank you College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central &Southern Africa, Ophthalmological Society of Kenya, Global Alliance of Eye Banks - GAEBA, WUTBA - World Union of Tissue Banking Associations and our international partners for making this possible.

21/07/2023

As a member WUTBA, the APASTB has contributed to the coordination and harmonization of tissue transplantation worldwide. 🌏

Join us at the 19th Scientific Meeting of Asia Pacific Association of Surgical Tissue Banking (APASTB2023) on August 17, 18 and 19, 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan.

➡️ More information: https://www.apastb2023.jp/index.html

17/07/2023

Early Bird Deadline Reminder - EATCB 2023 Congress

We wanted to send you a quick reminder that the Early Bird registration fee for the 31st Annual Congress of the European Association of Tissue and Cell Banking (EATCB) is available until the 31st of July 2023❗️

➡️ Event Details:
Date: 22nd - 24th November 2023
Venue: Hilton Garden Inn, Zagreb, Croatia

Dear colleagues and friends, It is our great pleasure to invite you to join the 31st Congress of the European Association of Tissue and Cell Banking (EATCB 2023), which will be held in Zagreb, Croatia, from November 22nd to 24th, 2023. For decades, the EATCB Congress has brought together experts int...

30/01/2023

➡️ Join us at the 19th Scientific Meeting of Asia Pacific Association of Surgical Tissue Banking on August 17, 18 and 19, 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan.

Let's connect with various countries and fields.
Let's take the next step forward in cell and tissue transplantation.

APASTB2023 [President] Prof.Ken Urabe,MD,PhD (Kitasato Universitv Medical Center) [Date] August 17th-19th, 2023 [Venue] Centennial Hall Kyushu University School of Medicine

12/12/2022

Thank you for this unique opportunity to connect in person, to network and to talk openly about successes and challenges.

➡ Our report on the Round Table is now online: African leaders unite at SATiBA conference to address the Continent’s tissue need https://www.wutba.org/news/2022/report-satiba-roundtable

23/11/2022

Thank you, Marisa Herson! 👏

In 2021, Marisa Herson passed the office of General Secretary to Martin Börgel. With her commitment since 2014, she achieved numerous successes for the WUTBA - World Union of Tissue Banking Associations. With this virtual greeting, colleagues from the world of tissue banking would like to say THANK YOU! 💐

A virtual THANK YOU note to Marisa Herson, General Secretary, from 2014 to 2021.

13/11/2022

Wrapping up an amazing congress with a great panel discussion about cornea donation with our tissue donation colleagues from Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, India, Germany and Australia. It is wonderful to see all the impactful work being done to make sure that patients all over the world have a chance to receive sight-restoring cornea transplants.

25/08/2022

To stimulate global development and harmonise best practices in tissue donation, processing, banking, transplantation and related biotherapeutic activities.

We are pleased to announce that the World Union of Tissue Banking Associations is now represented on Facebook and LinkedIn.