| African-Americans Need Donated Organs, particularly Kidneys. Quite often relatives can donate to each other. Between 1988 and August 2007, 70,861 African-Americans have had a transplant! |
Understand the Transplant Waiting Lists:
Watch our informative "21st Century Conversations"
on your local access channel during in April
The Transplant Waiting Lists Exist to Promote:
a) Equity - Fairness in the transplant system
b) Utility - Best use of scarce resources, and
c) Justice - Prevent bias in favor of or against
April is National Organ & Tissue Donor
Awareness Month. Sign up to be a donor!
August is National Minority Organ Donor
Awareness Month in New Haven and Southern
CT August 1st is National Minority Awareness
Day. In CT you can learn about the benefits of
organ & tissue donation every day.
Learn More. Read On
Diversity and Organ Donation FACTS
African-Americans waitings = 29,164
Hispanics = 16,814
Asians = 6,053
Native American = 937
Pacific Islander = 526
Multiracial = 589
Unknown = 3
Go to www.UNOS.org for more detailed info.
Griffin Hospital has published "A Guide to Family Health
History." We think the guide is very helpful. Visit their
website at: www.griffinhealth.org or call them toll-free at:
800-354-3094; local (203) 735-7421. To learn about their
various services and programs, call (203) 732-7211
Watch our informative "21st Century Conversations"
on your local access channel during in April
The Transplant Waiting Lists Exist to Promote:
a) Equity - Fairness in the transplant system
b) Utility - Best use of scarce resources, and
c) Justice - Prevent bias in favor of or against
April is National Organ & Tissue Donor
Awareness Month. Sign up to be a donor!
August is National Minority Organ Donor
Awareness Month in New Haven and Southern
CT August 1st is National Minority Awareness
Day. In CT you can learn about the benefits of
organ & tissue donation every day.
Learn More. Read On
Diversity and Organ Donation FACTS
- According to UNOS, as of Sept. 28, 2007, there are
approximately 103,904 people awaiting transplants;
- 49,818 are Caucasians/ Anglo-Americans
- 54,086 patients, slightly more than half of the
people awaiting an organ transplant are non Anglo-
American:
African-Americans waitings = 29,164
Hispanics = 16,814
Asians = 6,053
Native American = 937
Pacific Islander = 526
Multiracial = 589
Unknown = 3
- More than half of the patients waiting for a kidney
transplant are non Anglo-American
- 9 of 10 African-Americans who undergo organ
transplant surgery receive an organ from an Anglo-
American donor. ·
- 35 percent of patients in the U.S. awaiting a kidney
transplant are African-American ·
- 12.8% of the U.S. population, 37,098,946 people in
the United States are African-American ·
- Of the 29,164 African-Americans on the national
transplant waiting list
- 639 have received kidney transplants ·
- 239 African-Americans have died waiting for a
kidney transplant in 2006 year ·
Go to www.UNOS.org for more detailed info.
- Medicare helps pay for kidney dialysis and
kidney transplant services;
- It is more cost effective to pay for the transplant
than to keep up dialysis ·
- 19,919 African-Americans were organ donors in
2004 · Many were living donors of kidneys to
relatives. However, that is not so in CT.
- 42,883 non Anglo-Americans were organ donors in
2004 ·
- 121,533 Caucasians were donors in 2004
- In the Northeast Region 3,942 are on Transplant
Waiting Lists ·
- 684 are African-Americans
- 351 Hispanics (most are waiting for a kidney
- Every 18 minutes, someone is added to the national
waiting list ·
- Everyday, 12 - 17 people die waiting for an organ
transplant ·
- By the year 2010, one out of every twenty people
will require an organ, tissue or corneal
transplant
- The argument has been made that matching organs
between members of the same ethnic and racial
groups often enhances successful transplantation. ·
- Hypertension is a major cause of kidney failure.
As this hypertension often goes undiagnosed and
untreated, it frequently results in end-stage renal
disease and eventual kidney failure. ·
- African-Americans are four times more likely than
Caucasians to be on dialysis due to kidney failure. ·
- The most effective treatment for kidney failure is
transplantation ·
- Here is HOW ORGAN RECIPIENTS ARE
SELECTED:
- The National Transplant Act of 1984 established
full and equal access to donated organs and tissues
for all potential recipients on the basis of need and
availability, not race or wealth.
- You may be seen as an outpatient or be admitted to
the hospital for evaluation of your disease because
your doctor feels that a transplant might help you.
- The purpose of this evaluation is to determine
whether a transplant would be good for you. The
hospital stay is several days.
- While you are hospitalized, you will have many
blood and skin tests, x-rays and perhaps a cardiac
catheterization.
- These are special tests that will help them to
understand your disease and other aspects of your
illness.
- On rare occasions they discover something that
would make the transplantation too dangerous.
- A computerized waiting list developed by the United
States Department of Health and Human Services
(USHHS) uses a ranking algorithm to match
donated organs to potential recipients nationwide.
- The point system, uses criteria included blood type,
medical urgency, and time spent on the waiting list
to determine ranking priority.
- For heart, liver and lung transplants, criteria also
include the size of the organ in comparison to the
patient and the distance between the donor’s
hospital and transplant center.
- Tissue typing, organ function and other complex
laboratory tests are done for all transplants. - This testing ordinarily takes from eight to 12 hours.
Griffin Hospital has published "A Guide to Family Health
History." We think the guide is very helpful. Visit their
website at: www.griffinhealth.org or call them toll-free at:
800-354-3094; local (203) 735-7421. To learn about their
various services and programs, call (203) 732-7211
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| We Need More Organ Donors In CT you can join the DMV Donor Registry by indicating it on your license. As of Dec. 2006 - 239 African-Americans have died waiting for a kidney transplant this year · High Blood Pressure (HBP) is a major contributor to kidney failure. Diabetes is proliferating Diet & exercise can help to reduce the effects of HBP and Diabetes. If you have HBP & Diabetes in your family, get a check up; know your numbers for each. Keep an updated record. If your blood pressure is high, work at lowering your it. Walk briskly everyday for at least 20 mins. African-Americans are 17 times more likely than Caucasians to develop hypertension (HBP) Be proactive with & about your health. Take good care of yourself MORE DIVERSITY IS NEEDED IN ORGAN & TISSUE DONATION & Bone Marrow Donation.
The longer the patient waits for a transplant, the greater the risk of dying before the organ can be found. Please become a donor. One person of any race, gender or ethnicity can donate organs and save up to 9 people. Tissues from one person can enhance life for 50 Many African-Americans & Hispanics in CT have had successful transplants and are living healthy & productive lives. Post-transplant recipients in Greater New Haven vary from 5 months to 38 years & going! Organ transplants work for many. Watch "21st Century Conversations" w/N'Zinga on your local access channel for educational programs on organ donation & transplantation. Knowledge IS Power! Get informed about this life-saving topic. You can only benefit from it. Read more at: Organ Transplants http://www.nasw.org/finn/organ.html Tranplant information resources: Resources for Patients and Families www.mottep.org www.modep.buffalo.edu www.shareyourlife.org www.donatelife.net www.unos.org www.organdonor.gov/signup www.giftoflife.org www.nkf.org www.cnn.com/Health/library/DG/ www.forward.com/articles http://www.transplants.org/OrganTissueDonation.php http://www.newstimeslive.com//story.php http://www.transplantexperience.com/ Every transplant experience is unique; learn all you can. You can sign up at this link to get more information Fear is NOT the answer. Be Proactive and Be informed Thanks be to a donor family in 1988; their gift of a donated heart gave my friend 18 additional years on this earth. She was able to see her children become adults. You can make a difference; sign your donor card and tell your family of your decision. One complete donor can save up to 9 lives with organs and enhance the quality of life for 50-60 people through tissue graphs. Become an organ & tissue donor. |
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African-Amers Waiting for Organ
Transplant in Sept. 28, 2007 = 29,164
In CT a kidney is the organ most needed.
African-Americans are waiting for
transplants. Be a Donor. Sign a donor card
Visit: Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education
Program to learn more.
Transplant in Sept. 28, 2007 = 29,164
In CT a kidney is the organ most needed.
African-Americans are waiting for
transplants. Be a Donor. Sign a donor card
Visit: Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education
Program to learn more.
Hispanics Waiting for Organ Transplant:
As of Sept. 28, 2007, 16,814 Hispanics
are waiting for an organ transplant
As of Sept. 28, 2007, 16,814 Hispanics
are waiting for an organ transplant
- 12-17 people die every-day
while waiting for a transplant. - We do not have enough
organs. - Please consider being a donor
| Asians Need Donated Organs & Tissues. No. of Asians waiting Sept. 28, 2007 = 6,053 Be a Donor! Sign a donor card. Tell your family about your decision. You can make a Positive Difference! Sign a donor card now! |
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Typically - Blood Group A - ) Blood Group B- & ) Wait for about 3 years Blood Group A&B ) Blood Group 0 - Wait for about 5 - 6 years Some relatives and friends can donate a kidney or a piece of liver to each other; however, careful and thorough testing must be done and the potential donor must fully understand the risks involved. Who can donate depends on many factors, and those considering donation should first become fully informed by health care professionals. |
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| Nationally, as of Sept. 28, 2007 49,818 Caucasians are waiting for a transplant.
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| Potential transplant recipients must learn to be good advocates for themselves, and form effective partnerships with their transplant team. There are two transplant centers in CT - Yale Transplant Center & Hartford Hospital Transplant Center.
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