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Campaign to raise awareness of the population for the expression of willingness
to donate organs after death promoted by the Department of
Primary Care of the Local Health Authority of Pavia with the support of
General Practitioners Simonetta Nieri1,Carla Martinotti1, Paolo Maria Geraci2,
Maurizio Campagnoli3, Enrico Frisone1, Guido Fontana1
1 Local Health Authority of the province of Pavia 2 Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Pavia
3 General Practitioner, Pavia
Campaign to raise awareness of the population for the expression of willingness to donate organs after death promoted by the Department of Primary Care of the Local Health
Authority of Pavia with the support of General Practitioners2
Province of Pavia in Northen Italy
Campaign to raise awareness of the population for the expression of willingness to donate organs after death promoted by the Department of Primary Care of the Local Health
Authority of Pavia with the support of General Practitioners3
562.131 residents 399 General Practitioner (GPs) 59 Pediatricians…
Local Health Authority of Pavia
Campaign to raise awareness of the population for the expression of willingness to donate organs after death promoted by the Department of Primary Care of the Local Health
Authority of Pavia with the support of General Practitioners4
Donation
In Italy, to be a donor after death, citizens are asked to register their own will at their Local Health Authority (LHA)
Local Health Autority
Statements are recorded in the
Information System of the National Transplant
Center
Information System of the National Transplant Center
Campaign to raise awareness of the population for the expression of willingness to donate organs after death promoted by the Department of Primary Care of the Local Health
Authority of Pavia with the support of General Practitioners5
Context
Until 2011 very few expressions of
willingness were collected yearly in the
Province of Pavia
This is probably due to the fact that, apart from few directly involved,
people don't feel donation, or lack of
organs, as a problem
2008 2009 2010 2011
Donation
Local Health Autority
Very few expressions of willingness
Campaign to raise awareness of the population for the expression of willingness to donate organs after death promoted by the Department of Primary Care of the Local Health
Authority of Pavia with the support of General Practitioners6
State of the artSince 2011 LHA designed
a campaign to raise awareness of the GPS to
take an active part in stimulating the decision
on organ donation on the part of their patients
Educational interventions were specifically carried
out on GPs
2012 2013 20142011
Local Health Autority of Pavia
An inter-institutional collaboration was set up between LHA, Hospitals, non-profit Associations
and GPs
Educational interventions
for GPs
Hospitals
GPs
Non-profit Association
inter-institutional
collaboration
Campaign to raise awareness of the population for the expression of willingness to donate organs after death promoted by the Department of Primary Care of the Local Health
Authority of Pavia with the support of General Practitioners7
From 2014…
From January 2014 GPs were asked for free to directly collect expressions of
willingness from their patients and to transmit to LHA
for registration
2015 2016 …2014
Local Health Autority of Pavia
Information System of the National Transplant Center
GPs collect expressions of
willingness from their patients
Campaign to raise awareness of the population for the expression of willingness to donate organs after death promoted by the Department of Primary Care of the Local Health
Authority of Pavia with the support of General Practitioners8
First results
Until july 2014, 230 expressions of willingness have been recorded while in the whole 2013 these were
only 13
Period Expression of willingness
Whole 2011 5
Whole 2012 4
Whole 2013 13
Until july 2014 230