6th year of collaboration to improve the donation and transplantation program in Trinidad and Tobago
Since 2010 DTI Foundation, supported by REPSOL Foundation is collaborating with the health authorities of Trinidad and Tobago to strengthen the Organ Donation and Transplantation program. In continuity of this project the past 5-8th of July the experts from DTI visited the country.
Meetings with the representatives of the National Organ Transplant Unit (NOTU), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and health professionals of three major hospitals in the country were performed. As highlighting meeting was the one with the Honorable Minister of Health, Dr. Terrence Deyalsingh. During the meetings were discussed the current situation of the donation and transplantation program, the needs of the local professionals and were established the future steps to be performed within the project.
Moreover, an one –day- workshop was organized. Alongside with the DTI experts the local transplant procurement coordinators were the faculty of this training. The objective was to increase the knowledge of the professionals toward the deceased donation program. The 30 participants of the workshop were from different hospitals, with different level of knowledge and involvement in donation and transplantation activities. The workshop was designed to be very interactive facilitating the participation of everyone.
Trustful for a great impact this visit and the training of the professionals will have in the future activities of donation and transplantation program we will keep working to increase the number of the transplants, thus to save and improve the life of the Trinidad and Tobago citizens.
Intermediate Training Course in Nanning, China
We have the pleasure to inform you that TPM in collaboration with Organ Transplantation Center, 303 Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Nanning, China, organized on July 20-22, 2016, an Intermediate Training Course In Transplant Procurement Management in Nanning.
Pre-course visits and meetings with hospital officials and representatives of the Organ Procurement Offices, Intensive Care Units, Transplant centers and Surgery wards were carried out in various hospitals from Guangxi province. International experts worked together with local experts to pool their knowledge and expertise and improve the organ donation practices in China.
A total of 47 participants from the entire Guangxi province (mostly ICU physicians) were present during the course. Participants were very active and the course was highly evaluated. This is one of the first steps in a long and fruitful collaboration with our friends and colleagues from Nanning.
Participation on the Russian National Transplant Conference
Dr Manyalich has been invited as an expert to attend the 8th Russian National Transplant Conference that took place from 27th to 29th of June 2016 in Moscow, Russia, organized by Russian Transplant Society.
The Conference commemorated the 100th anniversary of the birth of the first Russian scientist and organ transplant pioneer, V.P. Demikhov. It has been very interesting and useful and, furthermore, it is always a pleasure to share experiences in Organ donation and Transplantation with our Russian colleagues.
TPM Training Course in Wuhan
Last May, in Wuhan (China), TPM trained 100 professionals from all over the countries involved in organ donation, mostly ICU doctors and Surgeons. This is the first step of a 3 years cooperation program between Chinese Hospital authorities, WHO and TPM-DTI.
Thanks to Professor Qifa Ye, his team and the international experts coming from Spain, Iran, USA and Australia this awesome training has been possible. The increasing donation rates observed in China since the first DTI visit in 2012 by Dr. Chloë Ballesté, shows the positive results of the successful exchange knowledge and experiences driven by the partnership with the Chinese Donation and Transplantation Foundation, CLTR, Kunming OPO, Nanning OPO and Wuhan University.