Policy Innovations to Advance Equity in Solid Organ Transplantation
Policy Innovations to Advance Equity in Solid Organ Transplantation
The third of three webinars from The Transplantation Society, in Collaboration with The Lancet Journal, the American Society of Transplantation, and The European Society of Organ Transplantation.
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
- Virtual
Overview:
- Advances in solid organ transplantation, such as improved organ preservation technologies and novel approaches to immunosuppression management, have the potential to improve outcomes in transplant recipients. However, despite these developments, there are persistent disparities in access to transplantation across, and within, certain countries. Low-income and middle-income countries have particularly low rates of transplantation, as well as less access to new technologies, mainly due to limited infrastructure and resources. Additionally, marginalised groups, especially racially and ethnically minoritised people and individuals from low socioeconomic backgrounds, might be most susceptible to these inequities worldwide. In this Series paper, we focus on how policies can advance equity in the field of transplantation, both within individual health systems and across different countries. We propose policy solutions to make progress towards equity in access to transplantation and better outcomes for all patients with endstage organ disease who could benefit from transplantation..
Speakers:
Dr. Elmi Muller (TTS Immediate Past President, South Africa)
Dr. Lisa McElroy (United States)
Moderators:
Dr. Camille N. Kotton, MD (TTS Education Chair; United States)
Dr. Jennifer Li (TTS Education Co-chair; Australia)
Organizer:
Dr. Peter Reese, MD, PhD (United States)
Outline:
- Understand how barriers to transplantation emerge at different steps across the patient journal from referral to evaluation through transplantation and follow-up care
- Describe global variation in access to transplantation, including differences in access to living donor versus deceased donor transplantation
- Describe global variation in access to high quality care after transplantation
- Describe how national policies can improve transplant equity, but must be tailored to the local context
- Identify knowledge gaps in how transplant equity might be achieved in the future
This webinar is hosted by the Transplantation Society, in Collaboration with The Lancet Journal, the American Society of Transplantation, and The European Society of Organ Transplantation. The full series of three webinars can be found here.
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