Health Ministry Initiatives to Promote Organ Donation

Further, a number of activities are carried out throughout the year for generating awareness about cadaver organ donation and for imparting training to all those associated with transplant activities including doctors and transplant coordinators. Activities such as celebration of Indian organ donation day every year, seminars, workshops, debates, sports events, walkathons, participation in marathons, display boards outside ICUs and other strategic locations at the transplant/retrieval hospitals, nukkad natak, etc., are also organized at different places in the country to disseminate information and increase awareness. Audio-visual messages to promote cadaver organ donation are also telecast on Doordarshan and other Television channels. Rs. 3.00 crore was allocated for Advertising and Publicity in the financial year 2016-17.