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The '''National Transplant Organization''' ({{lang-es|Organización Nacional de Trasplantes}}, '''ONT''') is a coordination independent coordinating agency of the [[Ministry of Health (Spain)|Spanish Ministry of Health]] responsible for developing the competencies related with provision and clinical utilization of organs, tissues and cells. The agency is headed by the Secretary-General for Health and Consumer Affairs, Faustino Blanco, although the [[Chief executive officer|chief executive]] of the agency is the Director, currently Dr. Beatriz Domínguez-Gil.
 
After the creation of the ONT in 1989, [[Spain]] went from 14 donors per million population (pmp) to 35.1 donors pmp in 2005, 35.3 in 2011, 40.2 in 2015.<ref>http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20160823/espana-lider-mundial-trasplantes-24-ano-consecutivo/1390160.shtml</ref> and 46,9 in 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2018/01/11/spain-officially-the-world-leader-in-organ-transplants-after-another-record-breaking-year/|title=Spain officially the world leader in organ transplants after another record-breaking year {{!}} Olive Press News Spain|last=Editor)|first=Laurence Dollimore (News|website=www.theolivepress.es|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-01-11}}</ref>. That means, to change from ranking in intermediate-low positions in donation rates in Europe, to have by large the highest rate not just in Europe, but also worldwide.