Organ Donation Awareness in India

Abstract

India sees 17,000–18,000 solid organ transplants performed every year, the most in the world after the USA and China, but remains behind several high-income countries in transplantation rates per million population (0.65). There has been progress in this area, such as an improvement in the harvesting of organs from deceased donors, with the average number of organ transplants per donor increasing from 2.43 in 2016 to 3.05 in 2022. (Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia. 2024 Feb 9;21:100366). The key is to raise awareness of organ donation at the level of both physicians and the community. World Organ Donation Day is observed globally on 13th August.Here we present a Q&A session with Dr. Anil Kumar (Director, NOTTO) and Dr. Atul Goel (DGHS, NOTTO) to address many important points and common queries on organ donation.