Organ Donation: breaking taboos amongst British Black and Asian communities
By Nishtha Chugh, 2021
Fellow’s Profile
Nishtha Chugh
Fellow’s Profile
Nishtha Chugh
Organ donation: breaking taboos amongst British black and Asian communities
Fellowship
Themes
Focus
Encouraging organ donation amongst minoritised racial groups by challenging cultural and religious taboos
Countries
Fellowship year
2016
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Ideas
Activity
Addressing healthcare inequalities faced by British ethnic minorities
It’s a story that has the same headline year after year. British ethnic minorities spend the longest time on the organ transplant waiting lists; they make up the largest demographic group in need of life-saving organs and yet donate significantly fewer organs than their white counterparts.
By Nishtha Chugh, 2023
June 2023 Fellow's update: Nishtha Chugh
Online Journalist and Producer Nishtha Chugh (CF 2016) gave evidence to the All-Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry on Ethnicity Transplantations and Transfusion in June 2023. The Inquiry is examining the causes of poor health outcomes for the UK's ethnic minorities with respect to organ and stem cell donation. The APPG took an interest in Nishtha's findings from the US and Israel in particular and discussed potential lessons that could be useful for devising frameworks in the UK. Her research has officially been submitted as part of the evidence to the committee. She is also a member of the steering committee advising this Inquiry. Nishtha's report has also been mentioned in the NHSBT's 2030 Strategy report on Organ Donation and Transplantation in the country.
By Nishtha Chugh, 2023
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
Activity
Addressing healthcare inequalities faced by British ethnic minorities
It’s a story that has the same headline year after year. British ethnic minorities spend the longest time on the organ transplant waiting lists; they make up the largest demographic group in need of life-saving organs and yet donate significantly fewer organs than their white counterparts.
By Nishtha Chugh, 2023
June 2023 Fellow's update: Nishtha Chugh
Online Journalist and Producer Nishtha Chugh (CF 2016) gave evidence to the All-Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry on Ethnicity Transplantations and Transfusion in June 2023. The Inquiry is examining the causes of poor health outcomes for the UK's ethnic minorities with respect to organ and stem cell donation. The APPG took an interest in Nishtha's findings from the US and Israel in particular and discussed potential lessons that could be useful for devising frameworks in the UK. Her research has officially been submitted as part of the evidence to the committee. She is also a member of the steering committee advising this Inquiry. Nishtha's report has also been mentioned in the NHSBT's 2030 Strategy report on Organ Donation and Transplantation in the country.
By Nishtha Chugh, 2023
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
