Access to and Health Outcomes of Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation for Indigenous Children in 4 Settler-colonial Countries: A Scoping Review.

Summary: Imagine you are a kid who needs a new organ, like a kidney or a liver, to stay alive. Getting a new organ is called a transplant. Doctors looked at 24 studies from four countries (the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) to see if Indigenous children get the same chance at transplants as other kids. Sadly, they found that Indigenous kids often have to wait longer on dialysis and get fewer kidneys from living donors. Their new kidneys also don't last as long. Things like living far from the hospital, not having enough living donors, or cultural differences make it harder for them to get the care they need. The doctors say we need to work closely with Indigenous communities to make sure these kids get fair, respectful, and safe medical care.