Transplant Organizations and Support

Children's Liver Alliance Inc. (Australia)
This site targets children with liver disease. There is an online newsletter and other useful information.

Children's Liver Disease Foundation

Children's Organ Transplant Association (U.S.)

National Foundation for Transplants (U.S.)
This site is useful for any U.S. citizens in New Zealand, as it outlines the financial assistance that can be provided to U.S. citizens for transplantation in the United States. The site can accept financial online donations directed to a particular patient, or to the organisation.

New Zealand Childrens' Transplant Support Trust
Office hours are Monday and Thursday between 9:30am, and 2:30pm. Phone (+64 9) 520-6795.

New Zealand GiveLife
Campaign for an effective organ donor system.

Transplant Health (U.S.)
A useful U.S. site that has relevant information for pre- and post-transplant recipients of any country. It's free but you have to register to use the site. It targets any organ transplant, and includes informative materials about liver disease, liver transplantation, and drugs post-transplant. In the Wellness Tools section there is a Personal Medical History module that can be completed and printed for your own records.

Transplant Recipients International Organization, Inc. (TRIO)

The Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Inc. (TSANZ)

Organ Sharing (UNOS) (U.S.)
A private, non-profit membership organization that administers the United States Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and the U.S. Scientific Registry under contracts with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

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