In 2007, there were 1,046 kidney transplants in the Philippines. In 2008, the number of transplants declined to 679 as the government banned foreigners from donating their kidneys in a bid to stop organ trafficking.

Nearly one person in the Philippines, or 7,000 people a year, die each year from renal failure in the country.

Source: AFP, “Philippines claims success on organ trafficking,” Google News, July 27, 2010.