Welcome to the Overseas Transplant Survey website.

Background

Every year significant numbers of people travel abroad from their own countries for the purpose of access to organ transplantation. Some of these organ transplants are performed for legitimate reasons (bilateral agreements between physicians and countries, double citizenship, or family support for example) and some of these transplants are performed illegally or unethically and do not apply to the principles of the Declaration of Istanbul.

Very little data exist regarding the nature and the reasons of these transplants as well as which countries are involved in these practices. This registry aims to collect data regarding this practice.

Data collection

In April 2018, the first survey of Australian and New Zealand based transplant clinicians was undertaken. This was an invitation-only survey designed to document clinicans' experience with cases of international travel for tourism. Results for this survey were published in the Medical Journal of Australia in October 2019.

Based on this experience, we are developing an international Global Organ Trafficking Registry in partnership with the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group and other major international stakeholders. Further information about access to this registry will be available through such groups, though early access is available here.

Contact

For further information, please contact us at contact@overseastransplantsurvey.com.