[Organ and tissue transplants in Mexico].

A report is submitted on the activities carried out by National Transplant Center of Mexico and special importance is given to the state transplant councils. Information is provided in a comparative form on the activities of the last ten years as well as those of the states.

[Chronic end-stage kidney failure in Mexico].

Chronic renal failure is an expanding and complex problem in Mexico. This work analyzes its current situation and finds a clear imbalance between supply and demand for specialized services, that favors the latter. To explain said imbalance, it invokes four factors: the recent innovation in nephrology and parallel disciplines; educational deficit of medical schools; high costs of rehabilitation of the uremic patient, and the absence of specifically designed mechanisms for financing the treatment of this disease.