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