Hayat (حياة), meaning “Life” in Arabic, is the UAE’s national organ and tissue donation and transplantation program. It is a government-led humanitarian initiative fully integrated into the national healthcare system, designed to ensure ethical, safe, and well-regulated transplantation services across the country.
Operating under the UAE Federal Decree Law of 2016, Hayat provides a unified national framework governing donor eligibility, transplantation procedures, and post-transplant care, while upholding strict ethical principles such as informed consent and prohibition of commercial exploitation. Since its launch in 2017, the program has enabled more than one thousand organ transplants, strengthened national transplantation capacity, and promoted public awareness, trust, and a culture of altruism in organ donation.