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Transplant Australia

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 1800 827 757

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24.01.2022 CEO Chris Thomas was privileged to be invited to attend the launch of Saffron Day in Sydney, inspired by young Deyaan who became a donor saving four lives. It was great to see members from the Indian, Nepalese, Sri Lankan and Bangladesh communities at the launch. Everyone in Australia should have equal access to transplantation. ... That's why we need all communities to embrace the message and Saffron Day is a wonderful concept now growing in Australia. #doitfodeyaan #saffronday #donatelife DonateLife

21.01.2022 ANNOUNCEMENT | Billion Steps Challenge 2020. Who remembers the last stepping challenge? Well its back and this time we will be trying to walk 1 billion steps to the moon and back. The stepping challenge is run through an interactive app allowing syncing of your fitness devices or manual adding of daily steps. Start getting your teams together (max 5 per team).... more information will be coming soon. Starts 5th Oct 2020.... World Transplant Games Federation #BillionStepsChallenge #FitforLife #fitforlifeau

21.01.2022 News | The World Transplant Games Federation (WTGF), today formally announced that Perth, Australia, would host the 23rd World Transplant Games in April, 2023. The announcement coincided with the formal announcement by the Australian Government’s Minister for Sport, Senator Richard Colbeck. https://transplant.org.au/world-transplant-games-to-take-c/... #Perth #WorldTransplantGames #WTG2023 #DonateLife #Organdonation #WesternAustralia Richard Colbeck Mark Coulton MP DonateLife See more

20.01.2022 News | Transplant Australia is pleased to present the first of our online presentations as part of our new Transplant Active program. It starts with a Beginners Pilates Class focusing on basic movement and breathing techniques. Suitable for everyone but especially those who would like to be more flexible and wants to get started on some gentle stretching and exercises. We will be offering 3 time slots, starting from Wednesday 11th November @3.30pm (AEDT) and 6.30pm (AEDT) ...and then Tuesday 17th November @12.30pm. (AEDT) Registration: Wednesday 11th November 2020 3.30pm Class - https://zoom.us//regi/tJArfu2qpj0iEtadQB1r4zhT4bfyWct2x1U_ 6.30pm Class - https://zoom.us//regi/tJwud-2qqz4qGdIkT-w1z_RKwclHSFGwq5Qv Tuesday 17th November 2020 12.30pm Class - https://zoom.us//regi/tJAkdO-oqDooG93Vk89V0lC0NLnq2NMqy-6v Transplant Australia is committed to helping everyone be active and healthier around their transplant. But of course family members, living donors, donor families and others are all welcome. #TransplantActive #pilates #donatelife #exercise #Astellas #online

19.01.2022 DonateLife Week - Julianne’s Story | Its DonateLife Week and what better way to promote the benefits of organ and tissue donation than to tell the inspirational stories of those who have received the gift of life. How are transplant recipients coping with ‘life during lockdown? This week we feature just a few of the new passions discovered while at home waiting out the COVID-19 Pandemic. If you have an inspirational story, new hobby or passion, share it here. And don’t forget... every Australian can play their part in helping to save the 1,700 people waiting for a life-saving transplant by registering their decision at donatelife.gov.au Since my second transplant, I no longer have the stamina, or inclination, to work in my previous fast paced, high stress government job. Fatigue, nausea and other side effects from my meds play a daily role on my life now. So, I took the opportunity to learn a rare, quirky skill. First it was an online DIY starter course. Then when restrictions eased I did the Masters course. I am heading to Perth next month to gild parts of a new mansion being built and I couldn't be happier. I can't believe I'm being paid to "play" with gold Gilding is the ancient technique of laying gold and other precious metals onto surfaces for decorative purposes. This new career lets me work when I have the energy and be creative. To help people just like Julianne visit donatelife.gov.au #DonateLifeWeek2020 #DonateLife DonateLife

19.01.2022 Shop | Today we are pleased to announce our new T-shirts are now available online. #organdonationawareness https://transplant.org.au/product/grey-t-shirt/

18.01.2022 DonateLife Thank You Day is a national day to recognise all Australians who make organ and tissue donation possible. DonateLife Thank You Day 2020 will be held on 22 November 2020. DonateLife Thank You Day is an important opportunity for the Australian community to collectively say Thank You to all the individuals and their families who make donation possible. Their stories inspire other Australians to register as organ and tissue donors and discuss with family and friends.... Each year thousands of Australian lives are saved and transformed through the generosity of deceased and living organ and tissue donors and their families. Families play a crucial role in the donation process because they are asked to confirm their loved one wanted to be a donor, and provide vital health information before donation proceeds. Families also help the broader community understand donation by generously sharing their stories with the public. In doing so, these families help to educate Australians about donation and the comfort that it can bring families. #ThankYouDay2020 #donatelife

17.01.2022 News | Transplant Australia has joined with the Australian Sporting Alliance for People with a Disability (ASAPD) to acknowledge International Day of People with a Disability (IDPwD) and to support its aim to promote greater understanding of disability issues and mobilise support for the dignity, rights and well-being of those with a disability, impairment or limitation. https://transplant.org.au/international-day-of-people-with/

16.01.2022 Kidney Recipients | Have you experienced telehealth as a part of your post-kidney transplant care since the COVID-19 pandemic started this year? We would love to hear about your experience with it! Do you love it, or hate it? Would you like it to be a part of your care in the future? Register your interest to be a part of this study here (a 1 hour focus group via zoom): This study is only recruiting kidney transplant recipients, not other transplants, or dialysis or CKD (yet!...) Transplant NSW Transplant Australia Queensland Transplant Australia W.A. Transplant victoria/tasmania ACT Transplant Australia https://transplant.org.au/have-you-experienced-telehealth-/

16.01.2022 Event | Fit for Life Billion Steps Challenge. Transplant Australia is pleased to be supporting the 2nd Fit for Life! Billion Steps Challenge. The World Transplant Games Federation conducted a global quality of life survey recently and some of your feedback addressed the frustration about a lack of exercise and sporting opportunities during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Billion Steps Challenge which aims to collectively walk to the moon and back is a great way to shed those ...‘corona kilos’ and join with the worldwide transplant community. It starts on October 5 and will run through to December. So now is the time to get your team together (up to five members in each team), work out the technology and how you will be participating? Transplant Australia is committed to helping our members get through this pandemic. The most important thing to remember is we are all in this together so let’s get walking. It will be great for both our body and our mind. Check out https://transplant.org.au/fit-for-life/ for more information to register.

15.01.2022 Event - Billion Steps Challenge Day 38 Update Wow, Congratulations to our 39 teams and 165 participants with an accumulative steps count of 42,716,548 (Forty two million, Seven hundred sixteen thousand and five hundred and forty eight) ! Team Name Team Member Count Total Steps Rank Bobbe&Matt 2 1078553 35... Team Adelaide Australia 2 1021907 50 WalkyTalky 5 2495239 59 Steppers Down Under 4 1759338 91 Step Up 2020 5 2181347 94 Team G21-1 4 1742376 96 Never Say Never 5 2129925 102 Heartbeats West 4 1693182 103 Double or Nothing 4 1562707 107 Pimp My Stride 4 1628129 119 Leaping Livers 5 1930069 138 TAWA 5 1859788 158 Thankful for Life 5 1799029 174 Shoot for the Stars! 5 731008 187 The Challenge 3 1026183 193 Step Up #2 2020 5 1662912 205 Batt Sloths 4 1296361 215 Team Willoughby 2 608410 230 Liverwire 3 895620 237 Team G21-2 4 1157862 258 Dog Squad 4 1119683 270 Team Phillips 5 1135358 370 East Side Champs! 4 798245 429 WokkasTeam 5 1001454 438 Liver Loving Life 2 316835 447 ALFA Squad 4 714945 452 Jazzi's Western Force 4 736794 454 Team Australia 5 867260 479 Talkers & Walkers 4 614830 519 WTGF Steppers 3 443400 528 Less Talky, More Walky 2 262628 546 We Are Pedestrians (WAP) 2 273083 557 Down Under Warriors 3 383577 580 NOV-IHD-AUS 5 510709 615 Get a wobble on! 4 387056 623 Full Moon 2 154847 643 NOV-IHD-AUS Cool Peeps 2 108427 655 Team S 2 93676 670 #fitforlifeau #FitforLife #Billionstepschallenge #australia #giftoflife

13.01.2022 #Repost Transplant Australia Football Club | Forty six year old Robert Mihalic was told at 21 that he’d need an organ transplant as a result of liver disease. Like many patients with severe liver disease, a need for a transplant is often not an urgent one. Many wait 15 years before getting sick enough to need a transplant. After collapsing at work, Rob was rushed to hospital with end-stage liver failure. He was told he needed an organ transplant by the weekend or he would no...t survive. Thankfully, miraculously, a suitable liver donor was found within three days. Rob spent six weeks recovering in hospital. Because of the gift of life granted to him, Rob has continued living a strong, healthy life. Nine years after his transplant, Rob has continued to play football, has a beautiful family and a new perspective on life. His message this week: Please have the discussion with your family around organ donation. Ask yourself, if you would be prepared to receive a donated organ for yourself or a loved one in order to stay alive, then you MUST register to be an organ donor. Best wishes Rob to you and your family. #DonatelifeLifeWeek2020 #Donatelife DonateLife Football Federation Australia See more

12.01.2022 DonateLife Week | What better way to promote the benefits of organ and tissue donation than to tell the inspirational stories of those who have received the gift of life. Meet Alise - Life had an unexpected beginning for me. I was born with a condition called infantile polycystic kidney disease which meant my kidney was failing. I spent years in and out of Westmead Childrens Hospital and had some horrific times. The hospital doctors and nursery were family and it was home. To... help people just like Alise visit donatelife.gov.au #DonateLifeWeek2020 #DonateLife DonateLife https://transplant.org.au/alise-minogue/ See more

11.01.2022 Repost Transplant Australia Football Club | Ante Kelic just recently celebrated his 40th birthday. A milestone that, only several years ago, he wasn’t certain he’d ever see. For 15 years he suffered from a degenerative liver disease. In combination with this terrible illness, Ante also suffers from Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel disease. The combination of the two is terrible, required five major surgeries in as many years, the removal of 80% of Ante's large intestine... and finally a liver transplant at the age of 35. Ante was on the transplant waiting list in Victoria for seven months. On February 2, 2015 he received a call early in the morning from the Liver Transplant Coordinator - a possible donor had been found. A long day followed, not knowing if the liver was a good match. Finally, after a marathon 11-hour overnight surgery, the news arrived that the transplant was a huge success. A few months later Ante was alive and healthy, welcoming his first child, a daughter into the world. Life ever since his transplant has been dedicated to being fully present, making memories with family, staying active and travelling extensively. Being sick for the majority of his adult years, Ante never thought he would need a transplant. He now encourages others far and wide through his media commitments, business and personal social media pages to register to donate their organs. To help people just like Ante visit donatelife.gov.au #DonateLifeWeek2020 #DonateLife DonateLife FFA Cup Football Federation Australia

11.01.2022 Transplant Active | Still not to late register to attend our Transplant Talk tomorrow night. We have Lucinda Barry CEO of the Organ and Tissue Authority joining us to talk about organ donation in Australia. Transplant Talk is run via zoom at 7.30pm (NSW,VIC,TAS), 7.00pm (SA), 6.30pm (QLD), 6.00pm (NT) and 4.30pm (WA) If you would like to attend please register by clicking on the link: https://zoom.us/.../tJUqc-morjMpEtLw4-vZ4CBGVsE89Cwx8oS4 #OrganDonation #donatelife DonateLife

06.01.2022 News | His brother's keeper: the unbreakable Cleary bond . If it wasn't for Ivan's gesture, there's every chance Ash would not be sitting in the stands at ANZ Stadium on Sunday night to watch his brother and nephew Nathan's pursuit of premiership glory against the Melbourne Storm. #livingkidneydonor #kidney #donatelife #ambassador Penrith Panthers DonateLife NRL - National Rugby League https://www.smh.com.au//his-brother-s-keeper-the-unbreakab

06.01.2022 Survey | The World Transplant Games Federation is conducting a Global Quality of Life Survey for all TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS to complete. This is our second edition and will take 10 - 15 minutes to complete. https://transplant.org.au/world-transplant-games-federatio/ #TransplantRecipients #QualityofLiveSurvey Transplant Australia Queensland Transplant NSW Transplant Australia W.A. Transplant victoria/tasmania ACT Transplant Australia DonateLife

04.01.2022 News | The road to recovery following life-saving organ transplantation can be long and complex. Transplant Australia, as the national charity for organ donation and transplantation, is dedicated to helping recipients along that journey. In our mission to help more recipients, the Board of Transplant Australia is introducing free national membership to ensure all transplant recipients have access to our education, support and information. Transplant Australia Medical Directo...r, Professor Richard Allen, said free membership will ensure there were no barriers to recipients accessing our ‘Living with a Transplant’ education program. https://transplant.org.au/transplant-australia-free-member/

04.01.2022 Transplant Talk | We are pleased to announce that Lucinda Barry the CEO of the Organ and Tissue Authority will be joining us live on Transplant Talk next Wednesday night via zoom at 7.30pm (NSW,VIC,TAS), 7.00pm (SA), 6.30pm (QLD), 6.00pm (NT) and 4.30pm (WA) Some of the topics that will be cover included: How things have changed since 2009 in term of donor rates 2020 donor rate, issues with COVID etc affecting the numbers How do we keep increasing donation so more ...people can access a transplant? Donor family support Questions and answer time If you would like to attend please register by clicking on the link: https://zoom.us//regi/tJUqc-morjMpEtLw4-vZ4CBGVsE89Cwx8oS4 #OrganDonation #donatelife DonateLife

02.01.2022 Repost | Transplant Australia is pleased to present the first of our online presentations as part of our new Transplant Active program. It starts with a Beginners Pilates Class focusing on basic movement and breathing techniques. Suitable for everyone but especially those who would like to be more flexible and wants to get started on some gentle stretching and exercises. We will be offering 3 time slots, starting from tomorrow (Wednesday 11th November) @3.30pm (AEDT) and 6....30pm (AEDT) and then Tuesday 17th November @12.30pm. (AEDT) Registration: Wednesday 11th November 2020 3.30pm Class - https://zoom.us/.../tJArfu2qpj0iEtadQB1r4zhT4bfyWct2x1U_ 6.30pm Class - https://zoom.us/.../tJwud-2qqz4qGdIkT-w1z_RKwclHSFGwq5Qv Tuesday 17th November 2020 12.30pm Class - https://zoom.us/.../tJAkdO-oqDooG93Vk89V0lC0NLnq2NMqy-6v Transplant Australia is committed to helping everyone be active and healthier around their transplant. But of course family members, living donors, donor families and others are all welcome. #TransplantActive #pilates #donatelife #exercise #Astellas #online See more

01.01.2022 Kidney Research - Patient Focus Group As you may be aware, clinical trials are part of scientific research and at the heart of all medical advances. Clinical trials look at new ways to prevent, detect, or treat disease. Treatments might be new drugs or new combinations of drugs, new surgical procedures or devices, or new ways to use existing treatments. The goal of clinical trials is to determine if a new test or treatment works and is safe. Currently, a clinical trial is b...eing planned in people at risk of, or having experienced, Antibody Mediated Rejection (AMR) after a kidney transplant. Click to read more and to check criteria etc https://transplant.org.au/kidney-research-patient-focus-gr/