TABLE OF WORLDWIDE DPMP's FOR 2002

Donor/transplants for 2002, incorporates 33 countries. (Courtesy of Spain's ONT and Australia's ANZDATA Registry). Spain = 33.68 dpmp.

WEST AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AND THE SPANISH MODEL

2003 update on 2002 donor procurement and comparison of Australian States.

COST OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS VERSUS DIALYSIS

Details of an economic evaluation of kidney transplantation versus hemodialysis, in Hungary. (costs in US dollars).

UNITED STATES - PAYMENT FOR TRANSPLANT ORGANS? (Source:Reuters Health)

The size of the US organ transplant waiting list (and the speed at which it is growing) is bringing some hard-headed thinking into the debate over the payment for organs. This is a problem which affects all of us regardless of which country we live in.

THE LIBRARY *****

Contains Items on the Arizona Anatomical Gift Act, Presumed Consent and the West Australian Parliament "Soft Version" Proposal, The Spanish and South Australian Models for Procurement, Bone Bank News, "Black Market" Organ Sales (1999-2003) and More.

FOR TRANSPLANT COORDINATORS - IS THIS YOU?

This South Australian triumph is a "must read" article for transplant coordinators, medical professionals and critical care staff. - A real "how-to-do-it" description of successful donor procurement without trickery or coercion.

ALL ABOUT BEING A LIVE ORGAN DONOR.

Save the life of a friend, a relative or a perfect stranger and still live happily ever after! Contains comprehensive living-donor requirements; Photo/sketch showing section of liver that would be removed from a donor; Personal experiences of many living donors; Details of a Perth woman who donated a kidney to save a friend's life.

RELATED LINKS

Spain's Organization Nacional de Trasplantes; United Network For Organ Sharing (UNOS - USA); Partnership for Organ Donation (USA);The Coalition on Organ Donation (USA); Eurotransplant-(covers 180 million people); UK Transplant Authority (UKT); British Organ Donors Society (BODY); Addenbrooke's Hospital Transplant Unit(UK); New Zealand; Living Donors On-line; The Australian National Organ Donor Registry; Donor Family Support; Australian Kidney Foundation; Transplant Australia; The Children's Liver Alliance Inc; Kid's Education Program; My Personal Health Links and More.

ORGAN DONATION RATES IN AUSTRALIA

Direct link to ANZOD chart showing confirmed number of organ donors (transplants)in each State from 1994 to the end of last month. (10.6 dpmp for 2002).

ORGAN WAITING LIST IN AUSTRALIA

Direct link to ANZOD chart showing number of patients in each State waiting on transplants - as at June 2002.

ARCHIVES

Contains The Birth and Death of the Australian Coordinating Committee on Organ Registries & Donation (ACCORD); The AHMAC "Thumbs Down" for ACCORD; The Establishment of the Commonwealth Government's "Australians Donate"; Plus Articles of Earlier Years such as the Original Posting on the Spanish Model, and Other Items Still (unfortunately) Relevant.