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National Organization for Organ and Tissues Donation and Transplantation
اللجنة الوطنية لوهب وزراعة الأعضاء والأنسجة
AbbreviationNOD-Lb
Founded2002
TypeGovernmental organization
FocusHealthcare, Organ donation and Transplantation
HeadquartersHazmiyeh, Mount Lebanon Lebanon
Area served
Local
MethodOrgan donation
Websitewww.nodlb.org
Formerly called
NOOTDT (previous abbreviation)

The National Organization for Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplant (NOD-Lb) is a Lebanese non-profit organization affiliated to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.[1] NOD-Lb (previously known as NOOTDT) was created by a joint venture between the Ministry of Public Health and the Lebanese Order of Physicians in Beirut.[2][3]

NOOTDT's mission

  • To retrieve organs and tissues from any donor in all Lebanese regions by a skilled coordinator team available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  • To provide locally retrieved organs and tissues to patients in need of organ and tissue transplantation.
  • To implement a Lebanese Model for Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation:
  1. Define the criteria of donation and transplantation in Lebanon
  2. Responsible for a continuous education of ICU and ER personnel
  3. Plan the conditions of the national waiting list and a network system
  4. Carry on establishing a registry of death, chronic diseases, donation and transplantation
  • To promote organ and tissue donation by continuous awareness campaigns for the public
  • Introduce organ and tissue donation and transplantation in schools and universities program
  • To coordinate with international organ and tissue banking organizations
  • Organize and participate a national and international medical congress or courses in the field

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References

  1. ^ اللجنة الوطنية لوهب وزرع الأعضاء و الأنسجة
  2. ^ a b National Organization For Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplantation
  3. ^ "About Us | NOD-LB". www.nodlb.org. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
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