**4.9 Cultural and religious considerations**

Christianity, Islam and African traditional religion are the major faiths in SSA. Interplay of faith, religion and cultural attitudes and their relationship with views on organ donation is complex. Response to illness as God's will negates organ

donation or reception. Belief in resurrection and reincarnation precludes organ donation since the 'new body' may have some missing parts. Desecration of the body of the deceased is reported as a factor prohibiting family members from donating body parts of their deceased relatives.
