Eurofins Foundation collaborates with DTI
Eurofins Foundation supports DTI’s project “Save One Million Lives”. Since 2018, this project aims to help in the creation of the deceased organ donation program in developing countries, where patients with chronic terminal illnesses are a main concern.
Thanks to Eurofins Foundation, we will be able to perform the situational diagnosis and develop a plan proposal in two Indian regions. The actions will be as follows:
1. Situational diagnosis in terms of organ donation and transplantation. Only through an accurate diagnosis it will be possible to design a plan proposal adjusted to the area. This study aims at identifying organizational, structural, and educational needs and foreseeing solutions that can be implemented both in the short and in long term.
2. Proposal development: 3-year plan to build the deceased organ donation program in the study region, which will be focused on improving measures for in-hospital organ procurement structure.
Developing this kind of program will increase the transplant rates, which means that we will give a lot of people in the waiting list a second chance in life.
IDOTCOVID International Database on Organ Donation and Transplantation COVID-19
We are glad to share the latest initiative related to the COVID-19 pandemic situation! Thanks to our global network of collaborators we have created the IDOTCOVID registry (International Database on Organ Donation and Transplantation COVID-19) on behalf of the DTI Foundation, IDIBAPS from Hospital Clinic of Barcelona and IRODAT registry.
The IDOTCOVID is an open-access and available in real time to all collaborating centres to provide a global perspective towards the influence of COVID-19 on donation activity and transplant outcomes.
The present database tries to collect the demographic, clinical, analytical and therapeutic data of Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) recipients with COVID-19 
to provide reliable information, and more importantly, a guide for the management of this population.
A major goal of the IDOTCOVID is the machine learning algorithm to assist the decision making process regarding the treatment alternatives and expected outcomes according to the different approaches worldwide.
The platform is available now, find more information at https://www.idotcovid.org/
If you are not registered yet, send an email to info@idotcovid.org and join us to benefit from this initiative!
DTI Foundation presents an innovative project: I-DTI
Suitable training of healthcare professional is a key aspect to increase the organ donation and transplantation rates. I-DTI aims to implement an online consultancy platform that will allow knowledge exchange between healthcare professionals for the purpose of helping solve doubtful donation scenarios and therefore increase the donor pool.
I-DTI has an important value in supporting programs for developing countries with limited access to knowledge.
Focused on consultancy and messaging services and discuss specific scenarios with a team of recognized experts, I-DTI allows users to create and share knowledge in chat groups, upload files and discuss specific scenarios with a team of recognized experts.
More features such as chat bot are under construction and will be available in the future. Also, I-DTI is offering a free trial until September to help during the COVID-19 global situation.
Go to I-DTI’s website to learn more and sign up for free I-DTI experience!
Annual activity report 2019
We are glad to present you the Annual Report of DTI Foundation for 2019.
To know more about our activity (Educational programs; Congresses attendance; DTI Social; European and other International Projects..) you can take a look here!
https://issuu.com/dtifoundation/docs/dti_2021_eng_issuu
Covid-19 Webinar Series
In regard to the ongoing global situation around the COVID-19 virus, we have created a series of webinars under the title of: Organ donation and transplantation in the current Covid-19 situation. These seminars are addressing important topics such as donor detection, donation, multi-organ transplantation, patient monitoring, tissue donation, and more during the COVID-19 circumstances at this moment. For the commodity and availability of viewers from other regions of the world, the webinars are scheduled at European noon time.
The introductory Series I chapter happened this April 15th, with the main topics revolving around recommendations of the COVID-19 situation and the current Italian situation with transplant coordination experience. It had the participation of Dr. Marian Irazabal - MD, Intensive Care Medicine in Hospital General de Catalunya and Hospital Parc Taulí, Transplant Coordinator & DTI collaborator, Dr. Marco Sacchi - MD, Neurological Intensive Care Medicine in Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano & Transplant Coordinator and the i-DTI Presentation tool for real time knowledge exchange between health care professionals related to organ and tissues donation and transplantation .
The next series of webinars will continue to have experts - from Spain, Italy, China, USA, Iran, Brazil and other countries - sharing their experiences, new tools to improve practices, conditions to accept donors or to perform transplants during this time, and how they have been affected by the virus. The Covid-19 webinar series is now available on DTI Community’s Academic Library section and on the COVID-19 section on the main menu as well; all registered members can access it. Stay tuned to receive more updates and news about the upcoming Series II webinar in organ donation.
The Great Charity Concert moves to 2021
Due to the pandemic situation DTI Foundation and Nen Déu Fundació have rescheduled their charity concert for the next year. It will be held on June 28th at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona.
This event will give you the opportunity to enjoy live music and collaborate with two important causes: social inclusion of disabled people and social awareness in organ donation for transplantation. Culture and solidarity together in one event.
The brilliance of the Escolania de Montserrat and the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès will be accompanied by Álvaro Carnicero on the organ, and by the Capella de Música de Montserrat, with Xavier Puig as the orchestra conductor. Together, they will perform the Great Concert of 2021, with pieces by Georg F. Händel, Joseph Haydn and Anselm Viola.
If you already booked your tickets for 2020 please keep them, they will be valid for 2021. People who have bought tickets and wish to get a refund should contact the box office by email at taquilles@palaumusica.cat
Should you like to join us you can purchase the tickets here: www.palaudelamusica.cat
In case you are unable to attend the concert and you still want to collaborate with these causes, you can "buy" a Charity Front Row ticket here: http://bit.ly/Fila0Palau
DTI contact details: infodti@dtifoundation.com / +34-934020897
Kunming international meetings in December
Two international meetings have taken place in Kunming, China, from 4 to 8 December 2019, with the common theme of organ donation. Jointly organized by the China Organ Transplantation Development Foundation (COTDF) and DTI Foundation - Donation & Transplantation Institute, were hosted by the First People's Hospital of Kunming and the Affiliated Ganmei Hospital of Kunming Medical College.
The 1st International Workshop on Leadership, Management, Quality & Innovation in Organ Procurement was held from December 4 to 6. The Workshop's was organized through a dynamic and innovative training methodology and it was attended by 86 participants from 36 countries. As a result of this international meeting, a set of agreed recommendations were reached to strengthen organ donation in the countries of the One Belt & One Road Initiative, with the intention of being published in a next future.
Moreover, the next two days, December 7 and 8, the 4th China International Organ Donation Conference (CIODC) & the One Belt & One Road Symposium on Organ Donation Development and International Cooperation, brought together 1,200 international representatives who jointly discussed the latest trends and challenges that the Belt & Road region countries face in organ and tissue donation programs.
Our gratitude goes to all those involved in this great project and their commitment with the best practices of organ donation around the world!
DTI Community charitable events in 2019
Thanks to the charitable events organized bt DTI Community this autumn, the social department of DTI Foundation got several donations from friends, colleagues and all those who were interested in its scholarship program. The goal of these events was to promote education and training in organ donation and transplantation among healthcare professionals that live in under-resourced countries. All these donations will be entirely destined for these scholarships.
On October 19th and 20th, the theatre company “Helena Teatre”, an amateur company based in Gràcia district, in Barcelona, performed the play “Bola de neu” and on November 20th, more than 100 music lovers enjoyed four acts of classical music at el Petit Palau, the litle auditorium of Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona.
The concert began with a group of a violin, a cello and a piano, playing two original pieces from Frank Bridge’s “Miniatures for Piano Trio”. Right after, a pianist, two violinists, one violist and a cellist played Antonín Dvořák. A piano duo continued the concert, with two young students playing without a partiture pieces of Chaminade and Schostakovich. Finally, three teachers from the Music Conservatory of Barcelona ended the act performing Felix Mendelssohn.
DTI Community thanks everybody who gave support to these events and all of those who donated to the cause even though they could not attend.
We hope to do it all again very soon!
DTI Community’s charitable events to fund new scholarships
DTI Community is blending with culture and music once more. For the upcoming academic year, we have organized two charitable events in order to raise funds for our project Save 1 million lives , which goal is to grant scholarships to train and teach about organ donation and transplantation to doctors and healthcare professionals living in under-resourced countries.
The first event is going to be a theatre play from the Catalan author and journalist Carles Soldevila. Bola de neu, from 1927, tells the story of Emili Ginebreda, a well-off bourgeois, with grey personality and no apparent talent. One day, he achieves his childhood dream: becoming a painter. His friends, with different interests each, will help him become the artist that he always wanted to be. However, in the process, a love triangle occurs between Emili, his wife, and an art critic. The play will take place on October 18th at 20:30h in Helena Teatre (Montseny Street 31, Barcelona). As it is happening in Barcelona, the play will be developed in Catalan.
The second fundraising event will take place in the emblematic Palau de la Música in Barcelona. A concert consisting of two pianists, three musicians playing Brahms and, lastly, a quintet made of five musicians will be hosted in Petit Palau, a smaller auditorium inside Palau de la Música. The event, on the 20th of November, will open its doors at 8 p.m., so DTI Community can hand out honorary plaques to its most loyal collaborators at 8:30 p.m.
One ticket includes the entrance to both events, and the donation is 30€. As mentioned, everything that is raised will be destined to finance scholarships for TPM courses in Barcelona for healthcare professionals in under-resourced countries. You can check our campaign Save 1 million lives in Global Giving.
We welcome everybody who lives near to enjoy a comedy on stage and help save lives at the same time!
Take a look at the website bit.ly/dtiEVENTS and contact us at info@dticommunity.org or call (+34) 934020897.
DTI Community forms an alliance with two transplant patient associations
The patient associations AETHA (Association of Patients and Liver Transplant of Aragon) and ADER (Kidney Patients Association) have united with DTI Community to join strengths and make the message about the importance of organ donation and transplantation louder.
The alliance is a result of the shared goal to improve the patients’ quality of life, including the ones that have been transplanted and the ones that are still waiting for one.
From now on, DTI Community will work with ADER and AETHA to spread the services and the events of all the parts through their websites and social media; they will create projects of divulgation and promotion for organ donation and transplant, such as the talks in which the patients will be the speakers; and plan events together.
Starting in September, associates of ADER and AETHA will have access to DTI Community’s website, and vice versa. Also, September is the month chosen to hold the first-ever talk with a patient as a speaker in this platform. It will take place on the 19th of September at 4 p.m. (Spanish time).
ADER http://www.aderrenal.org/?lang=ca is a private entity, philanthropic and of social initiative, from Catalunya. Founded in 1976, the institution has fought to reclaim improvement in the substitutive therapies of renal insufficiency, such as haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and renal transplant.
AETHA: https://aetha.org/aetha/ is a non-profit entity from Aragón, Spain, founded in 1999. Their actions include talks to raise awareness about organ donation and transplant in educational centres, and providing help and information to patients and their families, such as offering welfare flats to people who are going through a transplant.
