Open AccessExpanding renal transplantation organ donor pool in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Ademola Popoola,
Timothy Olusegun Olanrewaju,
BO Bolaji,
Tajudeen Olalekan Ajiboye
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation/našrat amraḍ wa zira'aẗ al-kulaẗ
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2320-3838
pISSN - 1319-2442
DOI - 10.4103/1319-2442.243946
Subject(s) - economic shortage , medicine , organ donation , transplantation , waiting list , intensive care medicine , donation , gold standard (test) , organ transplantation , developing country , kidney transplantation , economic growth , surgery , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics) , economics
Kidney transplantation is the gold standard for end-stage renal disease. All over the world there are several challenges preventing sufficient organ donation to meet the growing needs of patients on the waiting list. One major challenge which is common to most countries is the shortage of organs from willing living donors. Many countries, especially, the developed countries, have devised several models of expanding their donor pools to meet the growing needs of patients on the waiting list. Nigeria, a developing country has very low kidney transplantation rate even though some progress have been made in making the procedure feasible in about a dozen hospitals in Nigeria. One very major challenge has been the shortage of donor organ supply. This paper intends to proffer suggestions on how to expand the organ donor pool in Nigeria.