EU funding for European Living Organ Donation
News: Aug 11, 2010
European Living Organ Donation, EULOD, is a two-year, EU-funded research project on living organ donation. A number of European countries have been awarded SEK 10 million in total, with SEK 1.5 million going to the Sahlgrenska Academy.
“There is a major shortage of organs for transplantation throughout the world, and demand exceeds supply,” says PhD Annette Lennerling, EULOD project manager at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences. “This means that waiting times for people who need transplants are usually long, and many die whilst waiting for a new organ.”
The aim of EULOD is to document living donation activity throughout Europe, both the extent to which living donors are used for transplants, and the relationships between donors and recipients that are accepted.
“We also want to investigate the obstacles that prevent the use of living donors, to highlight living donation as a way of increasing availability of organs for transplants, and to produce guidelines that improve the quality and safety of living organ donation in Europe,” says Lennerling.
There are currently major discrepancies in Europe when it comes to legislation, ethical values, protection systems and data registration for the use of living donors for transplants.
For more information, please contact:
Annette Lennerling, registered nurse and lead researcher at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences, tel: +46 31 786 44 50, mobile: +46 736 60 16 90, e-mail: annette.lennerling@gu.se