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- African Americans & Donation...
African Americans & Donation.You may be surprised to learn that African Americans have great need for organ and tissue transplantation, yet are often reluctant to become donors.
- African Americans And The Need For Organ Donation ...
African Americans are in need of organ transplants, but there is a shortage of organ donors. Get the facts.
- African American Black Blood Donor Emergency ...
BloodBook.com website.
- African American Community Health Advisory Commitee...
Ethnic minorities are severely underrepresented. Only about 200,000 potential donors -- about 6 percent -- are African- Americans.
- African American Facts & Figures...
An overview of statistical highlights for the NMDP Registry and NMDP facilitated transplants for African Americans.
- BlackDoctor.org...
Complete resource guide for Black health, fitness and nutrition. Locate a Black physician or dentist, read about African American health issues such as diabetes, HIV/AIDS, cholesterol, high blood pressure, sickle cell, arthritis, cancer, asthma and more.
- Coalition on Donation...
For minorities, the shortage in organ donation is particularly significant. Some diseases of the kidney, heart, lung, pancreas and liver are found more frequently in racial and ethnic minority populations than in the general population.
- Excerpts from the African-American Community Guidebook...
The African-American Community Guidebook is a comprehensive guide to educate the community on the importance of organ donation and the increading need for more African-Americans in Illinois to register as donors.
- Minority Marrow Matches Fewer ...
African Americans less likely to find matches. The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), listing more than 4 million donors. Although the NMDP Registry has a diverse pool of donors, whites are by far the largest group, represented by about 2.4 million donors.
- National Marrow Donor Program...
Black and African American marrow or blood cell donors are needed to help more Black and African American transplant patients.
- The Donors of the Future...
People formerly seen as only in need-African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans, for example-are now at the forefront of formal giving. To boost assets, some traditional foundations may opt for a new approach to attracting a more diverse pool of future donors.
- The Healthy South Carolina Initiative...
Increasing Donor Availability for African American Patients with Leukemias and Other Blood Disorders in Need of Transplant.
- WUSM ...
WUSM researchers aim to increase African-American blood donations.
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