Organ Transplant: Other Places To Get Help

The Canadian Organ Replacement Register (CORR) records, analyzes, and reports on the number and outcomes of organ transplantation in Canada. CORR also provides educational materials for recipients and donors of organ transplants.

Coalition on Donation is an organization that promotes organ donation. Although there is a national waiting list of organ recipients, the laws that govern donation vary in each state of the United States. This Web site provides information about each state's laws for donating an organ and helps people make sure that their decision to be a donor is carried out.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides information on organ tissue donation and transplantation through its OrganDonor.gov Web site. It lists the number of people currently on the waiting list for transplants. It gives information on how to become an organ or tissue donor and describes the process of transplantation. It also provides information on research and guidelines, as well as providing resources like locations of transplant centers.

The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is a nonprofit, scientific, and educational organization that administers the United States' only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), established by the U.S. Congress in 1984. UNOS collects and manages data about every transplant that occurs in the United States and facilitates the matching of organ donor and organ recipient. Every person who needs an organ transplant must register with UNOS in order to be placed on the national waiting list. UNOS also provides valuable information on how to become a donor.