About Organdonor.gov
The official U.S. Government web site for organ and tissue donation
and transplantation, www.organdonor.gov, is maintained by the Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Healthcare Systems
Bureau (HSB), Division of Transplantation, an agency of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human.
The Division of Transplantation (HRSA/HSB) manages contracts with
the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), the Scientific
Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), and the National Marrow
Donor Program (NMDP).
The Division also administers grant programs and conducts public
and professional education initiatives to increase awareness of
the critical need for organ and tissue donors. The Division also
supports programs:
- To increase awareness of transplantation as a treatment option
for conditions such as organ failure and
- To improve the success of the donation/transplantation processes.
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