"More than words" campaign from Repsol Foundation supports our Trinidad & Tobago programme
Through its campaign “More than words”, Repsol Foundation is promoting a better quality of life for vulnerable groups, encouraging social integration and meeting the critical needs of specific communities. Among these projects it is DTI Foundation’s programme for healthcare professionals and for raising awareness in society about organ donation and transplants, with the participation of the National Organ Transplant Unit (NOTU) of Trinidad and Tobago.
It is very easy to participate within this campaign, you only have to click on the button of Training program for health professionals. For each click it receives, Repsol Foundation will contribute €1 in aid to this project.
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The collaboration between REPSOL Foundation and DTI started on 2010 with the main goal of establishing the self-sufficiency in the deceased donation program and make Trinidad and Tobago a reference country in the field for the CARICOM region.
Dr Martí Manyalich receives the Josep Trueta award for scientific research
The Academy of Medical and Health Sciences Foundation of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands has recognized Dr. Martí Manyalich - president of the DTI Foundation (Donation & Transplantation Institute) located in the Parc Científic de Barcelona - with the Josep Trueta award for scientific research. The act of delivery of the award was held yesterday, May 22, in the auditorium of the institution.
Dr. Martí Manyalich has been working in the field of organ, tissue and cell donation and transplantation for more than 30 years. Since 2008 he is the president of the DTI Foundation, which this year celebrates his tenth anniversary, and director of the TPM program, dedicated to the training of health professionals in donation and transplantation worldwide for more than 25 years. He is also a transplant advisor at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and a professor in the Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties of the University of Barcelona. His experience in the field of organ donation and transplantation is globally recognized; He is the author of several scientific publications and member of the most relevant international organizations in this field.
The Academy is the largest scientific community of health professionals and one of the oldest in Catalonia. Its objective is to promote continuing education in the health sciences and to work in collaboration with other institutions around the world related to this field. Founded in 1872, it is a meeting place for health professionals from Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencia and Andorra.
In 1987 the Academy established the Josep Trueta Prize with the aim of rewarding the scientific career of a person or a research team in the field of health sciences. The winner must have published one or more scientific publications in the last five years worldwide, at least one of which during the year of the call, carried out in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencia or Andorra.
QUALITY MANAGEMENT POLICY - DTI FOUNDATION
DTI, as an international organization, seeks to improve the quality of life of society, increase donation and organ transplantation and the advance of regenerative medicine in the world. Therefore, we have developed a quality management system that guarantees that all our actions comply with the principles described below:
Quality policy;
The mission of the Donation and Transplantation Institute (DTI) is to support organizations of the health sector in the creation, development, and strengthening of their programs and services in the field of donation and transplantation of human organs, tissues and cells.
a) Make quality a basic element in the culture of the Foundation, involving for that purpose each and every one of the components of the organization.
b) Establish an efficient management with our collaborators, suppliers and clients in order to guarantee results and achieve common benefits for all the actors involved.
c) Innovate and adapt permanently in our teaching, consulting and research processes in a way that responds to the needs of our clients and society.
d) To train our staff as a fundamental element to ensure quality, the competence of the staff and ensure continuous improvement.
e) Act in an ethical manner with all the actors of the Foundation, establishing relationships based on trust and cooperation. Guarantee legal compliance in all our actions.
The fulfillment of this quality policy by all the members of the Foundation will allow DTI to become a center of international excellence that contributes to improving the quality of life of the population in which it intervenes.
Launching of the international community of DTI Foundation
DTI Community, the new international project of DTI Foundation (Institute of Donation and Transplantation) was presented by the executive director of DTI, Dr María Paula Gómez, during the framework of the celebration that was organized in the Parc Científic de Barcelona to commemorate the 10 years of life of DTI.
This proposal is a new community that brings together all the people and institutions that share knowledge about organ donation and transplantation. Its objective is to disseminate information about organ donation and transplantation and to promote the development of the DTI Foundation at global level.
Thus, the new initiative of DTI aims to connect students of the international training courses offered by the Foundation, the Transplant Procurement Management (TPM), with all the people and institutions interested in organ donation.
The main values of the community are respect, diversity and transparency and it is composed of four different profiles of people: students, friends, volunteers and ambassadors.
In addition, this project offers great opportunities and services for its members to satisfy the diversity of interests and needs that prevail in the sector. These benefits are: publication of job offers, conducting specialized webinars with internationally recognized health professionals, publication of news and events in the field of donation and transplantation and a solidarity bag, which aims to collect funds for training purposes for healthcare professionals from around the world.
Contributes to improve other people’s lives. Join the DTI Community by registering at http://www.dticommunity.org/
DTI Foundation: 10 years saving lives through donation and transplantation
On 10th of May, took place the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the DTI Foundation (Donation & Transplantation Institute) at the Parc Científic of Barcelona. More than a hundred attendees went to the event. Since its formation, DTI has carried out 21 international cooperation projects and has earned 123,500 years of life.
Many authorities attended to the ceremony, such as Dr Martí Manyalich, the president of the DTI Foundation, Dr Beatriz Dominguez, the director of the National Transplant Organization (ONT), Dr Jaume Tort, the director of the Catalan Transplant Organization (OCATT), Dr Francesc Cardellach, the dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona (UB) and Mr. Ignasi Belda, deputy director of the Parc Científic of Barcelona.
During the celebration, several presentations were made. The director of the ONT, Dr Beatriz Dominguez talked about the organ donation and transplantation in Spain and around the world. Also, it was officially presented the DTI Community by the executive director of the Foundation, Dr María Paula Gómez. Dr Manyalich was also honoured with the honorary distinction of 'Hippocratic Physician', awarded by the Hippocratic Movement of the Island of Kos, Greece, homeland of the “Father of Medicine” Hippocrates. This award recognizes doctors who have distinguished themselves by two key aspects in the art of medicine, according to Hippocrates: scientific excellence and dedication to humanity.
Moreover, congratulatory videos of some of the international experts working with the Foundation who could not attend the event in person but who were present on this special day were also projected.
Leading organization in transfer of knowledge in organ donation and transplant
DTI Foundation was born in 2008 with the aim of helping to increase the donation in the world and save more lives. The entity facilitates and improves resources so that organ donation is possible all over the world.
The Foundation's commitment to society is to improve the quality of life of the population and to promote the development of tissues and regenerative medicine. The resources in which the organization has invested to achieve are the knowledge and the training of health professionals through the international educational program TPM (Transplant Procurement Management). Operating since 1991, more than 14,000 healthcare professionals have been trained in more than 100 countries around the world.
Therefore, DTI has professionalized the donation and transplant activity through the life experience and knowledge of all the people who are part of the Foundation. Consequently, it is helping to raise awareness about that the organs of deceased patients can be lives for the patients who are waiting for them.
A donation is a great human act: by the doctors who know how to transmit the need to give the organs and by the family members, who are generous and choose the best possible decision.
Dr Martí Manyalich, president of DTI Foundation.
Collaboration between DTI Foundation and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to implement a deceased organ donation program
The collaboration between DTI Foundation and the UAE started in 2015, initially with an educational program aiming to improve the knowledge and skills of the health care professionals involved in the organ donation program. A total of 250 physicians and nurses, mainly from the high potential hospitals, have been trained as Transplant Procurement Managers (TPMs).
A second phase of the cooperation program started in 2017 adding another layer of support to the program. A team of DTI international experts have been visiting UAE hospitals. During the hospital visits, interviews with healthcare professionals have been conducted, different educational initiatives have taken place and an alert system for donor identification have been outlined. Further recommendations for the establishment of in-hospitals organ procurement units have been developed.
The first visit took place in July 2017, since then six brain death patients have become organ donors resulting in 19 organs being recovered. The cardiac, liver and lung transplant programs have commenced and an organ sharing system between UAE and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been implemented.
In April 2018 the third visit materialized including a meeting with the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) CEO Dr. Mohamed Rashed Al Qubaisi who offered his complete support to the deceased organ donation program.
The main goal for this visit was the development of quality control tools based on the Organ Donation European Quality System (ODEQUS) model. Also, a meeting for the implementation of an integrated kidney waiting list took place in SEHA Dialysis Services.
Further TPM courses and expert visits have been scheduled for 2018 to continue with the cooperation plan aiming to achieve complete implementation of the deceased organ donation program.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and DTI Foundation keep cooperating in the framework of the implementation of a quality management system on organ donation
Last November, the SCOT (Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation) and DTI Foundation signed a collaborative agreement to improve the clinical aspects related to the deceased organ donation on the country. This 3-year program sponsored by the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia includes knowledge exchange visits to increase the detection of possible donors, healthcare professionals training activities and the development of an IT tool based on the successful model ODEQUS (Organ Donation European Quality System). The program aims to increase the Saudi donation rate up to 10 pmp.
In this framework, six hospitals participate in the pilot phase of the project: King Abdulaziz National Guard Medical City in Riyadh, King Saud Medical City in Riyad, King Fahad Specialist Hospital in Dammam, King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah and King Abdulaziz Hospital in Jeddah.
During the first week of March (5th-9th), a Saudi delegation composed by Dr. Bicher Attar (SCOT medical director), Dr. Elsayed Gadalla (SCOT medical coordinator), Dr. Mohammed Shalaby (Head of the ICU department in King Fahd Hospital, Jeddah) and Dr. Rasheed Alhubail (Critical care consultant in King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam) came to Barcelona and Madrid to visit reference centers and meet with the competent authorities to know more about the Spanish donation model.
Meeting with Dr. Manyalich in Hospital Clínic de Barcelona during the visit of the Saudi delegation.
Until this date, the project has the support from the following centers: Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, OCATT (Organització Catalana de Transplantaments), Hospital Dr. Josep Trueta, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón and the ONT (Organización National de Trasplantes).
During the last knowledge exchange activity last month (March 19th – 22nd), DTI experts met in situ with the participant hospitals’ representatives to introduce and provide guidance about the internal audits methodology.
Meeting with the hospital representatives in King Saud Medical City, Riyadh (March 2018)
Moreover, since January 2018, DTI Foundation has led monthly videoconferences with the SCOT and the project responsible from the participant hospitals to monitor the project’s evolution and implement the internal audits to evaluate the hospitals’ performance in terms of deceased donation.
March 2018 monthly videoconference
All this work and efforts converge with the objective to enhance the communication between the SCOT and the donor hospitals by identifying areas in which additional specialized expertise or training are required and establishing a proper action plan.
Annual Report 2017 DTI Foundation
We are glad to present you the Annual Report of DTI Foundation for 2017.
To know more about our activity (Educational programs; Congresses attendance; European and other International Projects) you can take a look:
https://issuu.com/dtifoundation/docs/annual_report_2017_dti_foundation
First Summit in Organ Donation and Transplantation in the Caribbean area was held in Trinidad and Tobago
Last March the DTI team composed by Dr. Rudolf Garcia Gallont; Dr. Fernando Salgado; Dr. Rafael Reyes Acevedo and from DTI Dr. Maria Paula Gomez and Dr. Entela Kondi visited Trinidad and Tobago and during the visit were involved in several activities and events happening in the country.
On the 11th of march was held the First Summit in Organ Donation and Transplantation in the Caribbean area. The event was organized by the North Branch of the Medical Association of Trinidad and Tobago and the National Organ Transplantation Unit (NOTU) and strongly supported by DTI Foundation and REPSOL.
The main aim of the event was to bring together all the countries in the region, to encourage them about the donation activities and to try to find connections and synergies to move forward the program. The minister of health of T&T, the president of the T&T Medical Association, the Spanish ambassador, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human and Social Development CARICOM, the advisor health system and services PAHO T&T, the director of REPSOL in T&T were the honored guests who participated in the summit. Excellent discussion on the sub regional approach on Organ Donation and Transplantation in the Caribbean was made and the critical role of CARICOM in ensuring coordination and support among the Caribbean countries was highlighted.
Following the summit, the DTI team together with the Trinities colleagues participated in the “9th Annual Walkathon” an awareness activity organized in recognition of World Kidney Day (March 8th, 2018) from the Kidney Recipient Support Group of Trinidad and Tobago with the objective to raise awareness about kidney health, as well as to provide support to transplanted patient.Sharing the enthusiasm of the health professionals and the public regarding organ donation and transplantation was a wonderful experience.
On the following days the experts of DTI together with the representatives of the NOTU had the chance to organize official meetings at the Ministry of Health; The PAHO; different hospitals and dialysis centers talking with the experts in the field to assure the continuity of the donation and transplantation program in the country.
REPSOL, a strong support to the DTI for the development of the project, was present in all the activities and a meeting for the collaboration continuity was made with the director Mr. David Allan.
We are very thankful to all our colleagues and friends in Trinidad and we look forward seeing the program growing and consolidated all over the region.
DTI's 10th Anniversary!!
This year the DTI Foundation celebrates the 10th anniversary. Since 2008 we work with the aim of saving lives through donation and transplant throughout the world.
This 10th anniversary will be celebrated with the incorporation of the new logo of the institution that will be included in all our communications.
Throughout the year we have scheduled a series of celebrations that will begin in May with an institutional event at the Foundation - Barcelona Science Park and in Autumn with one or more social events.