Cesar Chaves Alfaro | INCAE

Cesar Chaves Alfaro

San Jose Costa Rica
Organization: Costa Rican social security box
Position Hospital Coordinator Physician
CAHI Fellow 6th Generation
About Cesar Chaves Alfaro:

César Andrés Chaves Alfaro is a surgeon and has a master's degree in donation and transplantation of organs, tissues and cells. He works for the Costa Rican Social Security Fund in Alajuela, Costa Rica.

Project description: 

Promote the increase in organ donation and the detection of illicit activities related to it through awareness and training of medical assistance personnel of public health services.

Health professionals are the entities that are at first hand with the social reality and have in-depth knowledge of the problems of their people; Providing tools on the subject of Illicit Smuggling of Migrants and Human Trafficking, and knowing the methodology used by criminals to deceive the most vulnerable populations and with lower social levels, are essential to generate a safer country and region with opportunities for all.

At the same time, doctors, nurses and other personnel involved in health, in the different EBAIS, Clinics and Hospitals of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund, need to be familiar with the donation and transplant processes, it is essential that they know each of its stages and indirectly we will be providing the population with valuable information that allows them to make decisions in such difficult times as the death of a loved one.