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Organ donation: 1,500 take part in Bizerte’s Foulées Vertes

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More than 1,500 people took part in Bizerte in the sixth edition of the Foulées Vertes, organised to raise awareness of organ donation. Governor Salem Ben Yacoub called for greater information and trust around this act of solidarity, according to the Tunisian daily La Presse.

More than 1,500 people took part on Sunday in Bizerte in the sixth edition of the “Foulées Vertes”, a sporting event dedicated to raising awareness of organ donation, La Presse reports. The event was launched by Salem Ben Yacoub, governor of Bizerte, near the marina and on Avenue de la République.

Organised as part of World and National Organ Donation Day, the event aims to promote this act of solidarity. Salem Ben Yacoub described the Foulées Vertes as an initiative intended to raise public awareness, according to La Presse.

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