Vision
The Doha International Academy for Organ Donation (DIAOD) is a center of excellence in training, education and research in organ donation. It is embraced by an international network of professionals collaborating and communicating to achieve self-sufficiency in organ donation in Qatar and be seen as a world center in organ donation.
DIAOD is administered by the Qatar Organ Donation Center (Hiba), that aims to be a leading regional center of excellence in the management of organ donation programs, exemplifying the vision of Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC).
Mission
The DIAOD will:
- Support, evaluate and empower the Qatar Organ Donation Center (Hiba) and The Qatar Center for Organ Transplantation (QCOT) and their strategies to achieve self-sufficiency in organ donation in Qatar.
- Communicate the success of the “Doha Model” for organ donation to the world, for the benefit of Qatar and for all countries seeking to introduce and improve programs of organ donation and fight transplant commercialism.
- Develop local and international educational and training programs for HMC and international participants in ethical, social, clinical and logistics of organ donation.
- Develop research projects and participate in international research targeting ethical and social challenges of organ transplantation and technical challenges of organ donation and procurement.
Research areas
- Combating organ trafficking.
- Adaptation of best international policies, guidelines, and standards for organ donation (DBD and DCD) and transplantation.
- Aspiring equity in organ donation and transplantation in a society of immense multicultural and socioeconomic diversity.
- Study barriers and facilitators of deceased organ donation among the Muslim community.
- Psychosocial evaluation of prospective living kidney donors (PLKDs) in Qatar.
- Organ donor registration behaviour of multi-national and multi-religious population Living in Qatar.
- Addressing ethical challenges of organ donation in a multicultural society.
- Optimizing outcomes in deceased organ donation.
- Developing donor registry.
- Introduction of new technologies like ABOI transplant, high sensitivity transplant, robotic kidney transplantation and perfusion for DD organs.
Contact us
Qatar Organ Donation Center (Hiba)
Fahad Bin Jassim Kidney Center
+974 4439 8557
+974 4439 8559
+974 4439 8588
+974 66189586
organdonation@hamad.qa