NORTHERN TERRITORY Dr Sarah Jones STATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR Lee Wood PROGRAM MANAGER DONATELIFE DONORS IN 2016 TRANSPLANT FULL-TIME HOSPITALS RECIPIENTS IN EQUIVALENT STAFF 2016 5.72 6 18 AGENCY-BASED 2 1.21 (TOTAL: 503) HOSPITAL-BASED (TOTAL: NUMBER OF 1,447) DECEASED NUMBER OF NUMBER OF Community education promotion night at the Education and awareness-raising continued to be a priority for DonateLife NT this year. We Titjikala community, and visited Bathurst Island participated with a local Indigenous kidney recipient, to in the NT Show Circuit, held displays at undertake education activities. The participation of conferences, and undertook promotional activities local Indigenous transplant recipients in our through a Indigenous education activities has been a key to variety of media and forums. DonateLife NT was a our success in this area. major sponsor of the Top End Gran Fondo, a high- profile local cycling event with over 500 Donor family and recipient support participants. In November 2016 a Thank You Day event was held at Lake Alexander in Darwin. Many local Indigenous education donor families attended, as did a number of DonateLife NT began its Indigenous education prominent local dignitaries. To further program this year with a presentation to the Top commemorate donors and their families, Service of End Health Aboriginal Cultural Advisory Group. Remembrance ceremonies were held at the We also presented to Danila Dilba Aboriginal George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens and the Health Service, attended the men’s health Alice Springs Olive Pink Garden. Outdoor broadcast during DonateLife Week at the Royal Darwin
NORTHERN TERRITORY STATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR Dr Sarah Jones PROGRAM MANAGER Lee Wood FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF 5.72 AGENCY-BASED 1.21 HOSPITAL-BASED NUMBER OF DONATELIFE HOSPITALS 2 NUMBER OF DECEASED DONORS IN 2016 6 (TOTAL: 503) NUMBER OF TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS IN 2016 18 (TOTAL: 1,447) Community education Education and awareness-raising continued to be a priority for DonateLife NT this year. We participated in the NT Show Circuit, held displays at conferences, and undertook promotional activities through a variety of media and forums. DonateLife NT was a major sponsor of the Top End Gran Fondo, a high- profile local cycling event with over 500 participants. Indigenous education DonateLife NT began its Indigenous education program this year with a presentation to the Top End Health Aboriginal Cultural Advisory Group. We also presented to Danila Dilba Aboriginal Health Service, attended the men’s health promotion night at the Titjikala community, and visited Bathurst Island with a local Indigenous kidney recipient, to undertake education activities. The participation of local Indigenous transplant recipients in our Indigenous education activities has been a key to our success in this area. Donor family and recipient support In November 2016 a Thank You Day event was held at Lake Alexander in Darwin. Many local donor families attended, as did a number of prominent local dignitaries. To further commemorate donors and their families, Service of Remembrance ceremonies were held at the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens and the Alice Springs Olive Pink Garden. Outdoor broadcast during DonateLife Week at the Royal Darwin
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