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Legalizing organ transplants in Uganda

September 22, 2025

In Uganda, a professor is challenging the belief that organ donation conflicts with cultural and spiritual values, by advocating a law that lets people donate their bodies to science in the event of their death. Some have already signed up, hoping to train doctors and advance medical research.

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Correction, September 22, 2025: This video contains the incorrect spelling of the name of Dr. Mwaka Erisa Sabakaki. DW apologizes for the error.

Julius Mugambwa Julius Mugambwa is a freelance DW correspondent based in Kampala, Uganda.@Mugambwa_