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This 6-part video series describes the kidney transplant process. Health care providers will share their knowledge, and people living with kidney disease will share their experiences. It is our hope that these videos will help you learn what you can do to have a successful transplant.

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Multi-Organ Transplant Program of Atlantic Canada (MOTP)

MOTP provides solid organ transplantation services for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland. This Program provides kidney, liver, heart, and pancreas transplantation services. A Regional Tissue Bank, also located at the hospital, retrieves and distributes donated t…

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Interactive Map of Indigenous Health Programs and Services across Canada

This interactive map allows users to identify Indigenous health programs and services across Canada. This includes: national and provincial government departments, agencies, and offices focused exclusively on Indigenous health; non-profit organizations with an Indigenous health mandate; Indigenous …

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Caregiver Toolkit

This toolkit is designed for people caring for organ transplant patients before, during, and after transplant. It is intended to add to the general information you may have received from your transplant center.

The toolkit offers a comprehensive overview of transplant caregiving. It covers essenti…

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Understanding Your Anti-Rejection Drugs After Transplant

Managing your health after transplant can feel like a full-time job, especially in the beginning. And when it comes to caring for your new kidney, medications play no small part. Taking immunosuppressant (anti-rejection) drugs keeps your transplanted organ protected and healthy.

Whether you recent…

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Pan-Canadian Organ Donation and Transplantation (ODT) Data and Performance Reporting System Project

CIHI and Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) are co-leading a multi-year project to develop a modernized pan-Canadian organ donation and transplantation (ODT) data and performance reporting system.

Funded by Health Canada, this project aims to support improvements in ODT access, care and outcomes acro…

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How Exercise Can Help Your Child

Physical activity is important for normal growth and development in children and teens. The benefits of regular physical activity in children include. Access the resource to access resources related to pediatric patients and exercise. 

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BEAM

BEAM is a web-resource that provides exercise programs for people with various chronic conditions, including chronic kidney disease and cystic fibrosis.

BEAM seeks to improve the emotional and physical health of individuals living with chronic diseases through exercise and education. There are gen…

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EL Fit

EL-Fit is an app designed for patients undergoing pre-habilitation prior to liver transplantation. It is an exercise app designed to facilitate exercise training within end-stage liver disease patients and those with cirrhosis. Cirrhosis and advanced liver disease may cause patients to lose strengt…

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Refit for life

Refit for life is an excellent resource if you are interested in reaching a healthier lifestyle as a transplant recipient. It’s an online website that has curated information on exercise, diet and mental health specific to transplant recipients. Its exercise page gives great recommendations on prop…

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What is known & unknown about COVID-19 therapeutics for tx recipients?

Dr. Belga is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She received her medical degree from the University of Lisbon. She completed her training in Infectious Disease at the University of Alberta followed by a one-year fellowship in Transplant Infectious Disease at…

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American Journal of Transplantation Digest for Patients

New For Patients – News about Research in Transplant!

The American Journal of Transplantation, the premier international journal for transplantation research, is proud to reach out to patients with highlights of peer-reviewed articles specifically curated for transplant patients and caregivers via…

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Les Canadiens immunovulnérables et la COVID-19

  • Facteurs pouvant contribuer à l’immunovulnérabilité
  • Comprendre l’immunité
  • Quelles options s’offrent aux personnes immunovulnérables?
  • Restez vigilant
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Immune-Compromised Canadians and COVID-19

Summary of factors that might make someone immune-compromised and options available for the immune-compromised community.

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Options de prévention et de traitement pour les populations immunodéprimées

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Prevention and Treatment Options for Immunocompromised Populations

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What is health research?

With this new project, the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) aims to demonstrate the role and value of health research in new and accessible ways. This resource describes on biomedical, clinical, health services, and social, cultural, environmental, and population health research.

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Kidney Wellness Hub

The Kidney Foundation's Kidney Wellness Hub was developed to support the health and well-being of kidney patients and their support networks. It was designed to meet kidney families wherever they are on their kidney journey, and it’s an online site that members of the kidney community say serves a …

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ADPKD Self-Management Resources: Pain and More

For people living with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), BC Renal has a number of self-management resources, including two for pain:
 
 
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