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Press Release: Celebrating A Decade With Transplanted Lungs 07.02.2023

Press Release: Celebrating A Decade With Transplanted Lungs 07.02.2023

What makes Fawn different is that 10 years ago both her lungs were removed and replaced with a stranger’s lungs…

Woman’s Friend Became a Living Donor, Saving Her Life

Woman’s Friend Became a Living Donor, Saving Her Life

Coreen Walstra’s friend offered to donate part of his liver to help save her life and restore her health –…

Press Release: 03.02.2022 TELL visiting Paediatric Burn Unit at CHBAH

Press Release: 03.02.2022 TELL visiting Paediatric Burn Unit at CHBAH

Transplant Education for Living Legacies (TELL) in collaboration with Surgeons for Little Lives giftedchildren in the Paediatric Burn Unit a…

Press Release: 10 March 2022 Share your spare on World Kidney Day World Kidney Day

Press Release: 10 March 2022 Share your spare on World Kidney Day World Kidney Day

World Kidney Day is celebrated around the globe on 10 March, focussing on kidney health for all. In keeping with…

Press Release: World Hepatitis Day 28 July 2022

World Hepatitis Day is observed on Thursday 28 July 2022 and is characterised by inflammation of the liver. Transplant Education…

Press Release: Celebrating National Organ and Tissue Awareness Month in ORGust

August is National Organ and tissue awareness month in South Africa and TELL is on a mission to bring awareness…

Press Release: National Kidney Awareness Week 5-9 September 2022

National Kidney Awareness week focuses on making people aware of the importance of kidney health and educating the public on…

Press release: National Burn Awareness Week 6-12 May 2022

National Burn awareness week, 6-12 May, serves as an opportunity to raise awareness about the effects that burn wounds have,…

Press Release: World Lung Day 25 September 2021

World Lung day: Care for your Lungs Covid has placed the focus on what it means to be healthy and…

Press release: World Liver Day, 19 April 2021.

World liver day is observed on 19 April to spread awareness about liver related disease. The liver is the second…

Press Release: National Organ Donor Awareness Month

August is Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness month in South Africa and TELL would like to keep the conversation about…

Press release: National Kidney Awareness Week (6-10 September 2021)

Over two million people worldwide receive treatment with dialysis or a kidney transplant. Many more would require treatment but do…

Press release World Diabetes Day 14 November 2020

EnglishWorld Diabetes Day is on the 14th of November and TELL would like to raise awareness around this “invisibleillness’ that…

Press release: August is National Organ Donation Awareness Month

Who is TELL?Tell (Transplant Education for Living Legacies) was created with heart, for hearts (and other organs). One of the…

Press release: National Kidney Awareness Week (7-11 September 2020)

South Africa has one of the highest rates of end stage kidney failure in the world and a very low…

Press release: August is National Organ Donation Awareness Month

August is National Organ donation awareness month, take the decision to #makeitknown that youare an organ donor.Life is the best…