

National Indigenous Kidney Transplant Taskforce
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@NIKTTaskforce
Improving #KidneyTransplant access & outcomes for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people | Based at @sahmriAU | @ANZDATARegistry, through @TSANZ_txsoc



SAHMRI was honoured to welcome the Hon Ged Kearney MP, Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care and Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health. The Assistant Minister met with some of our researchers about the National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce.




[NEWS] Building a world leading organ donation, retrieval and transplantation sector. Read more at: health.gov.au/ministers/the-…



@Keliyari13 smashes it at @tts #TTS2024 in Istanbul explaining the genesis and impact of @NIKTTaskforce - including shifting the dial on #FirstNations #kidneytransplant rates - through Indigenous leadership of policy change at local and federal level 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽






















Despite excellent graft and recipient survival, a lower proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children received kidney transplants within 5 yrs of dialysis initiation compared to their non-Indigenous peers: mja.com.au/journal/2024/2… @SwastiThinks @SCHNkids @Flinders