Uganda, March 18 -- A new report by Makerere University College of Health Sciences indicates that people with tertiary level of education are more likely to be hesitant about organ donation, signaling future challenges in finding donors among the elites.

The study was done among 395 people in Nakawa market, Garden City and Wandegeya market, all in Kampala. This cross-sectional study was conducted between May and June 2021, before the enactment of the Uganda Human Organ Donation and Transplant Act and the first kidney transplant in Mulago Hospital last year.

"The need for stricter laws governing organ donation and transplantation, corruption, and fear were the main negative sentiments expressed by participants," the report reads.

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