Ghana - Register as Organ Donor

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. To Register as Organ Donor in Ghana, the applicant must go to the Ghana Ministry of Health office (MOH) or Department of Social Welfare Department.
2. Address and contact details can be found in the following link. Contact link or link
3. Applicant must obtain the application form from the respective office.
4. Applicant must fill all the details on the application form.
5. Also, applicant must attach all the required document while submitting the application form and they can be found under the "Required Documents" section of this page.
6. No fees charged for this procedure.
7. After completing the form, send the form and required documents to the respective office.
8. Once the process is completed, the applicant gets the donor card by the post within 3 weeks.
9. If the applicant’s donation card is not acknowledged within 3 weeks, the applicant has to contact the office for the reference.

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Required Documents

• Proof of identification
• Health records
• Valid original Passport
• Application form
• Proofs of residence
• Two passport-size photographs
• Ghana Card

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of Health
Address: SekouToure Avenue North Ridge
Adjacent National Health Insurance Head Office
Accra
HR23+VF2, Accra
P.O. Box M 44 Accra Ghana
Digital Address: GA-029-4296
Fax NO: +233 302 665651
Telephone: +233 302 665651/+233302668782
Email: [email protected]
Contact link
Location link

Location: Accra
Address: department of social Welfare,
State social development
Head office, Accra, Ghana.
HR23+JQ Accra, Ghana
Contact number- +233 30 268 4536
Location link
Website Link

Location: Accra
Address: Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP)
Accra Financial Centre, 37 Independence Ave, Accra
P.O. BOX MBO 186,
Ministries, Accra – Ghana
HR22+MP Accra
Tel: (+233) 0302 688181 / 0302 688187 / 0302 688184
Fax: +233) 0302 688188 / 0302 688
Email: [email protected]
Contact link
Location link

Eligibility

• There is no age limit for organ donation. It can be started at as young as six weeks. The only essential thing is the health and condition of the applicant’s organs.
• Applicant can donate all the applicant’s organs and tissues – heart, kidneys, lungs, corneas, pancreas etc.

Fees

• Ne fees for this procedure.

Validity

• This registration validity is forever

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

• This process will take 3 weeks.

Related Videos

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Instructions

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Required Information

• Name of the applicant
• Address of the applicant
• Email id of the applicant
• Contact number
• City/country/town details
• Postal address
• Region
• Nationality
• Age of the applicant
• Sex
• Marital Status
• Present Address
• Identification Marks
• Blood Group

Need for the Document

• A registry gives a planner enough information to devise strategies to get more public cooperation and commitment towards organ donation. Having a registry in place allows doctors and transplant coordinators to check if a brain dead person wished to donate and then approaching the family for consent becomes easier. It helps in saving crucial time in the process of organ donation. At present, we do not have a central registry in India. Through this initiative we intend to make the government of Ghana create one.

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Other uses of the Document/Certificate

• Registering as Organ Donor helps others for understanding who and where potential donors are present.
• A registry gives a planner enough information to devise strategies to get more public cooperation and commitment towards organ donation.
• Having a registry in place allows doctors and transplant coordinators to check if a brain dead person wished to donate and then approaching the family for consent becomes easier.
• It helps in saving crucial time in the process of organ donation. At present, we do not have a central registry in Ghana.

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