Register now and get access to the midterm WMDA Meeting

The Hanau WMDA Global Meeting gave us a lot of food for thought. Some key WMDA groups require additional meeting time to discuss future directions. Therefore, the WMDA is extremely grateful to NMDP-Be The Match for hosting the WMDA midterm meeting.The key sessions of the midterm meeting will be:

• Pillar 1: Evaluation of the proof of concept and decision on future timelines, regular meetings of the Bio-Informatics & Data Dictionary & Security Privacy Committee
• Pillar 2: Educational sessions for search coordinators on Hap-E and Atlas matching algorithms & regular meetings of the Donor Recruitment & Retention and Registry Operations & Regulatory Committee
• Pillar 3: learn all about SPEAR reporting, donor mental health and cellular therapy   
• Pillar 4: Understanding the goals and challenges of WMDA IT Standards and Accreditation Programme in the context of data privacy and security.

We are confident that the Minneapolis meeting will provide input and directions for our next International Donor Registry Conference in Cape Town next year. Registration for the 14th IDRC and WMDA Meetings is already open and I encourage all to register 
Important links:

• Attendees can utilize the NMDP discounted rate at the Hilton to book their hotel. Click here
• Registration for The ONE Forum  – Click here
• Registration for WMDA midterm - Click here
• WMDA meeting schedule - Click here

Find here the status of all organisations listing:

Detailed Org Update Status Step E: Fully implemented the new GRID donor ID

From 15^th December 2020 GRID must be fully implemented for all organisations and will be the only donor identifier to be shown in the Search & Match Service. Final references to the old donor ID will no longer be visible within the Search & Match Service and should be discontinued. WMDA acknowledges that on a registry level, the current donor IDs will never fully be removed and must be maintained for historical traceability and quality. The expectation is that use of these IDs in daily processes and communications (technical and operational) are discontinued. Continued use of multiple IDs is inherently a risk of misidentification and miscommunication. Find here the status of all organisations in relation to using the GRID in listing their donors.