National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO)
As per NOTTO data, 80% of organ recipients in India between 1995 and 2021 were men.
- Ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- Apex centre for procurement and distribution of Organs and Tissues and registry of Organs and Tissues Donation and Transplantation in the country.
- 2 divisions established under Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act 2011 –
- National Human Organ and Tissue Removal and Storage Network
- National Biomaterial Centre (National Tissue Bank)
Climate Change & Child report by UNICEF
UNICEF released The Climate-Changed Child: A Children’s Climate Risk Index Supplement report.
- The report builds on UNICEF’s Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) components –
- Water scarcity (physical availability of water)
- Water vulnerability (combination of water scarcity and lack of access to drinking water service)
- Nearly 1 billion children face severe water stress.
- India, Niger, Eritrea, Yemen, Burkina Faso: high child water vulnerability.
- Children, especially in low-income areas, vulnerable to climate change impacts.