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  1. Knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding organ donation among adult population of urban Puducherry, South India

    The performance of Tamil Nadu, a southern state in India, deceased organ donation rate (1.3 per million population) was relatively better than the national performance (0.05-0.08 per million population). Although, India falls second in the number of live donor transplants, ...

  2. Perspective on organ donation in India: A comprehensive review

    In India, total demand of organ donations is: two lakh. kidneys, 49,000 hearts and 47,000 livers e very year. If only 5%-8% of total brain deaths are harvested. in proper manner, there would be ...

  3. PDF Organ Donation Landscape in India: Challenges, Governmental

    This research report comprehensively analyses the state of organ donation and transplantation in India. ... However, India's organ donation rates contrast sharply with Croatia's 36.5 donors, Spain's 35.3, donors and the United States 26 donors per ten lakh populations, respectively. ( (Pace Hospital, 2023) Consequently, the shortfall in organ ...

  4. Full article: Challenges and Motivators to Organ Donation: A

    The recommendations provided by the family members can be helpful for policymakers to improve the current organ donation in India and improve the disequilibrium of demand and supply of deceased donations in India. ... A systematic literature review and research agenda for organ donation decision communication. Prog Transplant. 2017;27:309-320 ...

  5. Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Organ Donation Among

    Introduction. Organ donation involves harvesting healthy organs and tissues from deceased or living donors for transplantation into recipients suffering from end-stage organ failure [].Deceased donation accounts for the majority of transplants, which require determination of brain death and consent from the donor's family [].In recent years, the need for transplants has dramatically increased ...

  6. Organ Donation and Transplantation in India in 2019

    Results: In 2019, India had 550 transplant centers registered with state-appropriate authorities and 140 nontransplant organ retrieval centers. Most living donors were kidney donors (8613) or liver donors (1993). Of all solid-organ transplants, most were kidney transplants, followed by liver, heart, lung, and pancreas.

  7. Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding Organ Donation

    Of which, 722 were enrolled after strict inclusion and exclusion criteria. Three hundred and sixty-one were blood donors, and 361 were nonblood donors. There was a comparatively large difference in knowledge, attitude, and practices among blood donors regarding organ donation compared to nondonors. It was statistically significant ( P < 0.05).

  8. Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities of Organ Donation and

    Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities of Organ Donation and Transplantation in India Transplantation. 2023 Jun 1;107(6):1213-1218. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004479. ... Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr HL Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

  9. Organ Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death in India: A

    I ntroduction. The Global observatory on organ donation and transplantation (GODT) data indicate that 12,666 organ transplants were carried out in India in 2019, next only to the United States and China (Fig. 1).Despite the rising numbers, this accounts for less than 10 transplants per million population (PMP) compared to more than 100 transplants PMP in the USA. 1 The majority of transplants ...

  10. Challenges and Motivators to Organ Donation: A Qualitative ...

    The present study aims to document the motivating factors and obstacles in the decision of families to donate organs in Ahmedabad, Gujarat and their suggestions to improve the processes involved in organ donation. Patients and methods: A qualitative exploratory study (in-depth interview) of ten relatives of deceased organ donors was conducted ...

  11. (PDF) Organ donation

    Around 5000 kidneys, 1000 livers, and around 50 hearts are transplanted annually in. India [2] • There is a poor organ donation rate - 0.26 per million in. India, compared to some of the ...

  12. Organ donation in India

    The number of deceased organ donations in India grew gradually from 2012. The total number of multi-organ deceased donors in 2012 throughout India was 196 (0.16 pmp). The deceased organ donation rate doubled from 196 donors (0.16 pmp) in 2012 to 411 (0.34 pmp) in 2014. ... Institute of PG Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal ...

  13. India: Gender Disparities in Organ Donation and Transplantation

    If children donate, daughters are less likely to come forward (39%). Overall, daughters (0.4%) are given the last priority as organ donors among near-related donors in India. Interestingly, donation rates of Fathers have increased from 10% in 1999 to 15% in 2020, reflecting a trend that focuses on the well-being of the nuclear family.

  14. Deceased Organ Donation in India

    Although in the last few years, cadaver organ donation has increased in India, it still remains a distant dream to cater the waiting list of end-stage organ failure. In India, deceased organ donation program is largely restricted to big institutions and private sector which makes it less accessible for all. The deceased donation rate in 2013 ...

  15. Organ donation in India—A social marketing perspective

    Organ donation is a social issue, and marketers face challenges promoting it. If factors aiding and inhibiting it are identified, it becomes easier to enhance intention of donating organs. The objective of this research is to establish the role of perceived awareness, family support, perceived individual value, and religiosity on organ donation ...

  16. Deceased Organ Donation in Delhi NCR

    ORGAN (Organ Receiving & Giving Awareness Network) India, in partnership with the MOHAN Foundation released the Research Report on the state of organ donation in Delhi/NCR at the India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road on July 26, 2014. The report, titled "The Study of the Deceased Organ Donation Environment in Delhi/NCR", researched and compiled ...

  17. Organ donation in India: Scarcity in abundance

    Abstract. In modern era, India witnessed its first successful corneal, kidney and cardiac transplant in the year 1960, 1967 and 1994 though the reverberations for organ donation and transplantation (ODT) existed since time-memorial with roots existing in Hindu mythology along with vivid example of Guru Dadheech and lord Ganesha.

  18. Body Donation After Death in India

    Support ORGAN India, an initiative of the Parashar Foundation and help us make a difference in the lives of thousands of people. ... Donation Body Donation, also called Deh Dan, is the donation of the whole body after death for the purpose of medical research and education. Body Donation is important for helping medical students and researchers ...

  19. Organ donation

    State-wise organ donation status in India. Organ donation from deceased donors is slowly gaining momentum in India. In the year 2000, MOHAN Foundation took the lead in setting up an organ sharing network, the Indian Network for Organ Sharing in the state of Tamil Nadu. This network facilitated the retrieval of 1033 organs and tissues.

  20. Organ Donation India

    Radio Gunjan FM 91.2 MHZ, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. 2019 marked the beginning of ORGAN India's entry into the world of Community Radio! Our Team at ORGAN India has over the past year, recorded, edited and aired more than 48 shows for various radio stations across the country.

  21. The Impact of Donor Care Units

    In 2022, there were 39 833 organs recovered and subsequently transplanted from 14 905 deceased donors managed by the 56 Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) in the US. 1 A 2022 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report 2 developed recommendations to improve procurement, acceptance, and use of deceased donor organs, including the establishment of donor care ...

  22. Organ trade racket in Kerala: All kidney transplant beneficiaries found

    13 persons arrested in organ trade case so far. The donors were given Rs 6 lakh each, while the remaining amount was shared between members of the racket, said sources.

  23. New technique could lead to more organs being available for transplant

    "By protecting the quality of organs after circulatory death, A-NRP could help significantly increase the number of available donor organs to save more lives." The research team led by Dr. Skaro ...

  24. An empirical investigation on the impact of attitudes towards organ

    The Government legalized organ donation under the "Transplantation of Human Organs Act" ( THOA, 1994 ), and the Act has undergone various amendments since then The National Organ Transplant Program was initiated in the 12 th five-year plan of the Government of India to promote organ transplantation ( THOA, 1994 ).

  25. Study finds better survival rates for recipients of lung from hospital

    A new study examined the differences in lung transplant graft outcomes from organs recovered from the two types of deceased organ donor care facilities operating in the United States. The research ...

  26. Deceased organ donation and transplantation in India: Promises and

    The challenges include an interplay of sociocultural factors, beliefs and superstitions, lack of communication and organizational support, and negative views by the media. Several initiatives to encourage deceased organ donation include the Indian Network for Organ Sharing, a subdivision of the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization ...

  27. India court grants bail to prominent opposition leader in money

    India's Jharkhand state high court granted bail on Friday to opposition party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren in a money laundering case.. The court considered the evidence presented by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the investigative agency responsible for financial crimes, and came to the conclusion that the requirements for bail set under Section 45 of the Prevention ...

  28. Giving organs can save donors' lives, too

    A U.S. sex offender donated an organ to save a sick child, showing others like him that a path to redemption exists — and multiplying the good of his action.

  29. Organ transplantation in India: needs a bigger push

    India has come a long way in organ transplantation in the last few decades, and has much to offer to its neighbouring countries in building treatment and research capacity. India sees 17,000-18,000 solid organ transplants performed every year—the most in the world after the US and China—but remains behind several high-income countries in ...

  30. 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report

    These ideas include transitioning deceased organ donation from an opt-in to an opt-out system; implementing paired exchanges matching donors and patients; creating awareness campaigns targeted at ...