The Living-Related Kidney Transplant Program in Brunei Darussalam: Lessons Learnt from a Nascent National Program in a Small, Muslim, and Asian Country
Table 1
Recent transplant programs in Asian countries.
Country
Year started
Population (millions)
Size (km2)
GDP per capita (USD)
Living-related transplant (LRT)
Cadaveric
Progress
Myanmar
1997
54.05
653,290
1,286
Yes
Yes
22 transplants between 1997 and 2003 > 50 transplants between 1997 and 2012
Armenia
2002
2.95
28,470
3,918
Yes
Unknown
129 LRT performed between 2002 and 2016
Mongolia
2006
3.22
1,553,560
3.672
Yes
Yes
213 transplants including 13 cadaveric transplants from 2006 to 2016
Nepal
2008
28.61
143,350
900
Yes
Yes
517 LRT performed between 2008 and 2018
Tajikistan
2009
9.32
139,960
805
Yes
Unknown
104 transplants in 2018
Uzbekistan
2010
32.98
425,400
1,554
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Kyrgyzstan
2012
6.41
191,800
1,222
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Brunei
2013
0.44
5,270
28,572
Yes
No
10 transplants performed in 6 years, with 5 in the last two years
