**4.3 Lack of infrastructure and equipment**

Tissue typing, cross-matching and some viral studies, which are major aspects of patient preparation, are done overseas. This tends to delay the procedure and leads to an increase in the cost of transplantation. Adequate histological evaluation of biopsy specimens are largely unavailable, making prompt management of rejections and infections problematic.

*Organ Donation and Transplantation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities and Challenges DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.94986*
