一项新的宗教政策可为技术合作更多地涉足某些发展中国家的核医学活动铺平道路。宗教传统会严格限制移植用器官的可获得性。在伊斯兰国家,移植用器官短缺问题特别严重。那里的宗教当局一般禁止出让或更换身体的任何部分。由于在这些国家政府的政策很少试图反对宗教敕令,因而需要移植器官的许多患者不得不到国外去接受移植。不过,今年在埃及发生了打破传统的事。在那里,最高宗教当局、艾兹哈尔大教 A new religious policy can pave the way for technical cooperation to get more involved in nuclear medicine activities in some developing countries. Religious traditions will strictly limit the availability of organs for transplantation. In Islamic countries, the shortage of transplant organs is particularly serious. The religious authorities there generally prohibit the transfer or replacement of any part of the body. Since government policies in these countries rarely attempt to oppose religious decrees, many patients who need to transplant organs have to go abroad to accept the transplant. However, this year broke the tradition in Egypt. There, the highest religious authority, the Al-Azhar teaching