Live Kidney Donation Aotearoa

The aim of the Live Organ (Kidney) Donation Project (the project) is to increase the number of people donating kidneys to patients with end stage (severe) kidney disease either before commencing renal dialysis or receiving renal dialysis treatment at Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB).

The number of Maaori and Pasifika people both donating and receiving kidneys is low in New Zealand, and particularly low in CMDHB.

The project team aims to build knowledge and skills (health literacy) amongst potential donors, recipients and their whaanau (consumer level change); and infrastructure (including how to build health literacy) within clinical and patient support services who work with patients and whaanau (system and health professional level change).