Draft Guidelines for Kidney Donors :Gvot of India

The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has issued draft guidelines for Allocation Criteria for Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant.
-Aim:  to encourage organ donation among the masses easing rules and procedures of donation.
- The draft guidelines include issues such as:
1. recipient registration, listing and scoring system in the waiting list 
2. scoring system for making priority
3. allocation principles
4. allocation algorithm, including  criteria for urgent listing, and
5. inter-state issues

Organ Donation Status in India
- Almost 1.5 lakh people in India need a kidney; however, only 3000 of them receive one.
- Only 1 out of 30 people who need a kidney receive one.
- 90% of people in the waiting list die without getting an organ.
- India’s annual liver transplant requirement is 25,000, but we manage only about 800.
- 70% liver transplants are taken care of by a live donor, but 30% are dependent on cadaver donations.

Key Reasons for Shortage of Organ donors in India
1. Ignorance and Lack of Knowledge about Organ Donation
2. Registering One’s Wish to Donate
A major reason for the shortage of organs is that many people have not recorded their wish about organ donation or discussed it with their families.
3. Myths and Beliefs
Myths and misconceptions about organ donation discourage potential donors from making the decision to donate organs or tissue after death.

World Kidney Day
World Kidney Day aims to raise awareness of the importance of our kidneys to our overall health and to reduce the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide.World Kidney Day started in 2006 and has not stopped growing ever since. Every year, the campaign highlights a particular theme.
- 2015 Kidney Health for All
- 2014 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and aging
- 2013 Kidneys for Life – Stop Kidney Attack!
- 2012 Donate – Kidneys for Life – Receive
- 2011 Protect your kidneys: Save your heart