National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce

General Resources | NIKTT

We’ve just launched a new Resources page on the NIKTT website.

It brings together kidney-related resources from partners and trusted organisations across Australia, including videos, factsheets, and websites about kidney failure, dialysis, and transplantation.

www.niktt.com.au/resources

Data Dashboard | NIKTT

We’ve just launched the prototype NIKTT Data Equity Dashboard!

Explore national & state-level dialysis, waitlisting, and transplant data.

● Best viewed on desktop (not yet mobile-friendly)
● Feedback encouraged via the link on the page

🔗 niktt.com.au/data-dashboard

#NHMRC is seeking research ideas to inform future funding in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander health.

Have your say!

Help us encourage further research about getting on the waitlist, getting a transplant, and living well after.

Closes 9 Aug.

consultations.nhmrc.gov.au/indigenous-a...

Indigenous people less likely to be waitlisted for a kidney transplant - ABC listen There’s a gap in the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are waitlisted for a kidney transplant. A study has found while eight per cent of non-Indigenous dialysis patients were...

NIKTT Co-Chairs Professor @stephenneph.bsky.social and Jaqui Hughes spoke to the hosts of ABC’s Health Report on transplant waitlisting inequities and how the system needs to change for better access.

Listen now:

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

For the second year running A/Prof Odette Pearson, the Co-Leader of SAHMRI’s Aboriginal Health Equity Theme, has joined the panel of guest editors behind the @mja.com.au Special Issue on Indigenous health.

Read more ➡️ sahmri.au/Odette-MJA

The MJA is proud to publish a Special Issue on Indigenous Health titled “Carving our path with spirit, strength and solidarity”

Available online at buff.ly/O5ARJkz

or as an eJournal at buff.ly/BUAR6CA

#NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOC2025

@stephenneph.bsky.social @anzdataregistry.bsky.social @cdavie5.bsky.social @sahmri.bsky.social @keliyari.bsky.social

Am I on the list? Clinician‐reported factors for kidney transplantation non‐waitlisting among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with kidney failure: a cross‐sectional study Transplantation equity requires a prioritised investment in system and quality improvements, from enhanced referral and assessment pathways to optimising all elements of care and ongoing accountabilit...

New @mja.com.au paper out now: Am I on the list?
Clinician-reported reasons for non-waitlisting in kidney transplantation

This is the first national analysis of the reasons why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aren't activated on the waitlist. Read more:

www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

A Koike of medicine: Professor Jaquelyne Hughes honoured for transforming health through culture and care Professor Jaquelyne Hughes, a proud Torres Strait Islander woman and trailblazing nephrologist, has made history as the first Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Fellow of the Royal Australasian Coll...

Congratulations to Prof Jaqui Hughes — Torres Strait Islander nephrologist and NIKTT co-Chair — who delivered the Arthur E. Mills Oration at @theracp.bsky.social Convocation, the first Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Fellow to do so 🖤💛❤️

nit.com.au/02-07-2025/1...

Gathering Photos | NIKTT

Photos from the 2025 NIKTT Gathering are now up!

Relive the moments, tag your mob, and share your favourites:
📸 www.niktt.com.au/gathering2025-photos

#NIKTT #TransplantationEquity #KidneyTransplantation #FirstNationsHealth

Position Statement | NIKTT Position Statement on Transplantation Equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples with Kidney Disease | Endorsed by the delegates of the National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskfor...

Kidney transplants save lives—but access isn’t fair. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people face more barriers at every step. At the 2025 NIKTT Gathering, we called for real change.

This #WorldKidneyDay, stand with us. Read & endorse the 2025 Position Statement: niktt.com.au/positionstatement

The NIKTT met with Assistant Minister Ged Kearney today at @sahmri.bsky.social to keep her updated on our work & advocacy. We made it clear further work is needed to improve transplantation equity, & that it must be grounded in Community governance.

@stephenneph.bsky.social #NephSky #kidneyequity

Welcome to the official NIKTT BlueSky page!

We're committed to improving kidney transplantation equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through collaboration and community-led change.

www.niktt.com.au

#KidneyHealth #TransplantationEquity #NephSky #IndigenousHealth #FirstNations